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St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

South St. Louis County News

St. Louis Call Newspapers

Letters to the editor

War veteran compares destruction in Middle East to the riots in U.S.

January 6, 2021

To the editor: I am a U.S. Army vet that served in Operation Desert Shield. The primary mission of the engineer brigade I belonged to was to clean up the battlefield in Kuwait. Today parts of some American...

Letters to the editor

Reader does not agree with Beck and Democrats’ plan on insurance

January 6, 2021

To the editor: Doug Beck was elected to the Missouri Senate. His loyalty is to his Democrat Party’s bad medical insurance ideas. If Doug Beck is allowed to continue representing “the people” as...

Letters to the editor

Post-election blues as reader laments a nation, divided against itself

January 6, 2021

To the editor: As I sit down to write this with the “post-election blues,” the outcome of the presidential election still remains in doubt. Two very dissimilar candidates were ultimately separated...

Letters to the editor

Missourians have more weight for president due to Electoral College

January 5, 2021

To the editor: Why Mr. David Malan in his June 25 letter can see no sense or usefulness in the Electoral College is a mystery to me. If you want California and New York deciding who our President is...

Letters to the editor

Electoral College is a fundamental part of democracy in our republic

January 5, 2021

To the editor: It is unfortunate that an elected official at any level of government in the United States should have a misunderstanding of civics as basic as the distinction between “democracy” and...

Letters to the editor

Former Democrat doesn’t understand supporting ‘defund the police’

January 4, 2021

To the editor: I volunteered on Democratic campaigns in 1987, 1991, 1993, 1997, 2001, 2005 and 2009, and I know those Democratic candidates would never have supported defunding the police. According to...

Letters to the editor

Electoral College helps avoid trap of only listening to the like-minded

January 4, 2021

To the editor: Regarding David Malan’s June 25 letter about the electoral college. I would guess the reason other countries and states do not follow our nation’s example is due to it being complicated....

Letters to the editor

Oakville writer’s ‘Pool table theology’ ponders what if with Hitler, God

December 25, 2020

To the editor: Thanks for printing my letter several years ago about leaving my camera in the car of an Oakville couple several decades ago. And I was surprised when you printed my “Pool table theology”...

Letters to the editor

Let Christmas be Christmas, without requirement to include all faiths

December 24, 2020

To the editor: The Dec. 10 edition of The Call includes a letter implying other faiths are not welcome in Crestwood’s Christmas celebration. This attitude that Christmas must include other beliefs...

Letters to the editor

Crestwood alderman defends Christmas in Crestwood, Santa Claus

December 23, 2020

To the editor: I am appalled by a Dec. 10 letter to the editor published to your newspaper criticizing the wonderful, irreplaceable Christmas in Crestwood. They have done a phenomenal job to bring our...

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