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Have We Outsmarted Ourselves? Will AI Ultimately Crush Us?

Editor; As a working human I have taken an interest in our collective future as really smart people take to talk shows warning of our collective demise at the hands of engines we have built ourselves. Always interested in anecdotal evidence of any trend I’ve noted colleagues remark about the prospect of a tightening job…

Letters: The 14 Characteristics Of Fascism. How Many Have We Met?

Editor; The fourteen characteristics of fascism. How many have we met? The occupant of the white house is openly stating that elections may be cancelled. Members of the media are being arrested and charged with crimes. The Department of Homeland Security is purchasing warehouses and building concentration camps Immigration and Customs Enforcement is roaming our…

Letter: Choosing Our Targets And That Whole “Increased Lethality” Thing

Editor; Since September, this administration has struck 30 boats in the Caribbean and eastern Pacific Ocean in a supposed effort to crack down on drug trafficking — our leaders and military ordering the execution of unknown people without evidence or benefit of trials. This approach, by the president’s own admission, has apparently shifted to land-based…

Letters: “The Room So Quiet…” And “The Rowdy Cup”

Editor; By now we’ve all had a chance to digest the revolting antics of this last week — both on and off the golf course. My dad introduced me to golf in the Sixties and I loved it, enjoying time away from work and daily pressures to play the gentleman’s game with friends. More than…

LETTERS: Turning Up For Hands Off! In Walnut Creek

To the Editor; Friends suggested we attend the Hands Off! rally in Walnut Creek a Saturday ago and I wanted to report that while I was not paid for attending both my husband and I were glad we went. We’ve been careful to avoid discussing many of the topics dividing our nation with neighbors we…

The Orange Elephant In The Room

Editor; I thought my favorite news site might address the historic and long waited indictment of a person it has been critical of in the past but it doesn’t look like that’s happening, so I’m writing this while waiting for my train this morning. For those who realize that JFK Jr. and James Woods are…

LETTERS: America’s Train Wreck – Watching The “Slow-Motion Coup”

Editor; I write out of a growing sense of concern I have over the direction taken by a significant number of my countrymen and women I feel is pushing us further away from democracy and closer to an apparently preferred conservative dictatorship. After the defeat of the disgraced former president I believed for a moment…

Letters: Assault On The Capitol

Editor; President Trump incited insurrection and should be immediately impeached, convicted, removed from the oval and forever barred from public office. I hope the Republican members of Congress who have enabled his antidemocratic behavior for four long, critical years realize just how much damage they have done to this country. David Craswell, Walnut Creek Editor; This was a…

Letters: Wearing A Mask Is Smart

Editor; Having just returned from shopping at the local mall and unhappy with members of our human race who think they know more than anyone else I thought I would write to vent. I understand the position that we don’t want to let panic and fear rule our lives, but I am unable to comprehend…

Letters: Peaceful Protest Sparks A Dialogue In The 24/680

Editor; I would like to take a minute to acknowledge local police and so many of our neighbors who took their concerns about so many problems in our country today and aired them in such a peaceful manner this week. With the exception of one tumultuous day I found both sides willing to listen and…