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Letters to the Editor

America needs to stop arming cartels

To the editor: Here’s a startling fact that every American should be aware of: The vast majority of firearms used by cartels don’t come from secret smuggling operations — they are sourced directly from U.S. gun dealers. Each year, approximately 500,000 American guns are trafficked into ...

To the editor: In 1930, President Herbert Hoover signed the Smoot-Hawley Tariff Bill, which raised American tariffs (taxes) on imports by the second-highest amount in U.S. history. This bill had disastrous consequences, when retaliatory tariffs strongly contributed to the Great Depression of ...

The ground-glass sandwich

To the editor: As a committed and practicing Libertarian of some years, I see the incumbent President as being attractive and repellent at the same time, a veritable ground-glass sandwich. (Specifically, if you take a bite, you will get fed and shredded at the same time). I mean, I enthuse ...

To the editor: The Florida Senate is pushing legislation that masks the harsh reality of our public education system. Senate Bill 166, passed unanimously by the Senate Fiscal Policy Committee, eliminates the requirement for high school students to pass 10th-grade standardized tests in English ...

Fact-based information appreciated

To the editor: The March 28 edition of The Breeze was outstanding. It shed so much light on the failures of the current governments—federal, state and local—that it could be used in classrooms. From articles, editorial to opinion letters, fact-based information was provided to readers. It ...

To the editor: I used to work for a Republican back in the days when the party was a true party of fiscally conservative persons. However, the party has changed and not in a good way. Even the man I used to work for left the party and became an Independent so he could still vote his ...