In response to John Balentine’s column, “What’s a conservative to do?” in the Jan. 29th issue of The Forecaster, I would like to add a few options. • How about working with folks who do not agree with you to find solutions to issues that affect the United States and the world? Having been raised […]
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Letter: Friedman, Buckley, Reagan never called any American an enemy
John Balentine asks, “What’s a conservative to do?” (Here’s Something, Jan. 28) and he offers some decent ideas, such as engaging conservative principals, running for office, boning up on conservative studies, reading Milton Friedman, William F. Buckley and Ronald Reagan, and having political discussions that need not be divisive. But then he shows his true […]
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Letter: Biden will ‘change America as we’ve known it’ and that’s very good thing
In Mr. Balentine’s weekly column from Jan. 29 (“What’s a conservative to do?”) he expresses fear that the Biden administration will “change America as we’ve known it.” America as I’ve known it for the past four years under a Trump administration featured leadership in which lying was normal, degradation and name calling of adversaries was […]
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Letter: Balentine’s opinion column should be based in facts
I was interested to read John Balentine’s oped piece, “What’s a conservative to do?” (Here’s Something, Jan. 28) However, I did pick up on a slight oversight he made while stating “conservatives have plenty to be proud of and plenty to look forward to.” Among his listed items was “still-unresolved questions surrounding 2020’s election results.” […]
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Here’s Something: Biden should boycott Beijing Winter Olympics
While all eyes are on Tokyo’s upcoming Summer Olympics, America should take a stand against the Chinese Communist Party by boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympics, set to commence a year from now. While it’s probably too late to revoke China’s host nation status for the 2022 event, it’s not too late for individual nations to […]
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Letter: Balentine should not perpetuate proven falsehoods
The Jan. 28 edition of the Northern Forecaster had opinions by Heather Martin (“At our very best, we are a nation of poets”) and John Balentine (“What’s a conservative to do?”) that couldn’t have been more opposite in outlooks for our country. We applaud your attempt to have a balance of Democratic and Republican, conservative […]
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Letter: Balentine should get facts straight before discussing policy
John Balentine’s column “What’s a conservative to do?” (Jan. 29), leads me to believe that if Balentine were a math teacher, he’d proclaim that one plus one equals three. He cites the “still unresolved questions” about Georgia’s results in the presidential election. Actually, they were resolved, according to several top Republican Georgia election officials and […]
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Letter: Balentine sets his peers on wrong path
With all due respect to Mr. Balentine (Jan. 28, “What’s a conservative to do?”), his way to move forward for his friends is doomed to fail. For Mr. Balentine to suggest to only listen to like minded people is the biggest problem this country is involved in. Instead of trying to understand and listen to […]
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Letter: ‘What’s a conservative to do?’ Run for school board
As he always does, John Balentine makes sense and puts forth good ideas and suggestions. Among the many in his Jan. 28 column, “What’s a conservative to do?”, some that stood out to me are: Write letters to the editors of your local newspapers (such as the one you are reading now), write opinion letters […]
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Letter: Follow the facts, not Balentine’s ‘opinion’
Hannah Arendt once proclaimed: “Freedom of opinion is a farce unless factual information is guaranteed and the facts themselves are not in dispute.” According to this stated definition, John Balentine’s “opinion” piece (“What’s a conservative to do?”, Jan. 29) is a farce. Why? He has utterly failed to guarantee his provision of factual material to […]