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Todays writers address flaws in letter calling for rejection of McIntyre project and take some creative liberties regarding gun violence in America.

In 1955, William F. Buckley Jr. described conservatives as “the disciples of truth who defend the moral order.” Unfortunately, the GOP is no longer a bastion of truth and moral conservatism, nor is it even a reliable defender of the democratic...

Writers seek a McIntyre divorce, ask the Becksted 5 to move on and suggest historical figures should be judged in the context of the era they lived.

Portsmouth Herald Dec. 26 -- To the Editor: The Dec. 26 letter by Ron Sheppe was well worded and thought out, and I quote. “To make matters worse, we are a nation where the propaganda of political ideologues and profit-seekers has brainwashed the IGNORANT and GULLIBLE on a grand scale, thanks to the Internet and those among our mass media and political class who daily bring falsehoods into the homes of millions of people. This constant barrage of falsehoods has deluded those POORLY-EDUCATED...