Condemns escalation of violence, opposition to Trump

U.S. officials and much of the media emphasize the Islamic Republic’s brutal repression of its own citizens, including the killing of large numbers of protesters, while rarely acknowledging Washington’s role in enabling similar abuses in Iran’s past. Twenty-five years of horrific human rights abuses under the Shah of Iran, a close U.S. ally installed in a 1953 CIA-backed coup, have largel...

As of this writing there are multiple wars in the world. Along with human tragedy and physical destruction we also experience the degradation of our natural environment. Cities, industries, and infrastructure are destroyed. There is an extraordinary amount of economic wastefulness. There is so much near-term bad news that it’s easy to ignore the long-term effects on our climate. Land, air and se...

the week before election and received this reply from Brian Wilson: 'Good morning Ed, Publisher/owner Kris O'Leary instructed me to let you know we would not be running your letter. It is the longstanding policy of The Star News to not run election-related letters the week immediately before an election because it does not give time for responses from other viewpoints.' Here is the reason wh...