YOUR TURN
It’s a con job
In his letter “Regarding candidates we love,” Peter Kapuscinski claims that President Trump “over the last three years has done more for Americans ignoring race, ...
James Peca, Author at Farmville
YOUR TURN
Hypocrisy in politics
While hypocrisy in politics is normally a bipartisan activity, it appears that Republicans are attempting to corner the market. I’m talking about the Republican response ...
by James Peca, Tuesday, October 22, 2019 11:28 am
Columns
Gun violence
It seems nothing ever changes. There were two more mass shootings in El Paso and Dayton, Ohio. Instead of doing something to stop this national ...
by James Peca, Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:10 pm
Columns
Support for gun laws
Peter Kapuscinski in his letter “On Northam’s response to gun violence” says that Governor Northam should enforce current gun laws instead of calling for new ...
by James Peca, Tuesday, June 18, 2019 12:17 pm
YOUR TURN
Finding the truth of the story
President Trump uses the term “fake news” in his public pronouncements quite often. While he never defines it, it appears that he considers fake news ...
by James Peca, Thursday, May 30, 2019 2:54 pm
Columns
Guns of war
Karl Schmidt in his recent letter “Spotting Gun Grabbers” demonstrates that he is the one and not Democratic presidential hopefuls who doesn’t understand the Constitution. ...
by James Peca, Tuesday, March 5, 2019 5:22 pm
Columns
Politics over country
Karl Schmidt in his letter of July 20 imitates his hero Donald Trump by whining about his favorite straw man, the imaginary leftwing media. The ...
by James Peca, Thursday, July 26, 2018 10:55 am
YOUR TURN
Time to ban assault rifles
Karl Schmidt, in his March 2 letter, “Facts and statistics,” is correct that intervention with Nikolas Cruz very well could have prevented the Parkland, Florida, ...
by James Peca, Thursday, March 15, 2018 11:45 am
Columns
Peca on History
Editor: Karl Schmitt tries to put forward the notion that statues of generals are not political but historical. It seems to me that if a ...
by James Peca, Tuesday, October 31, 2017 10:54 am
Columns
Peca: Removal is not destruction
There has been much confusion and misinformation being bandied about since Charlottesville. “Lost Causer” and slavery apologist Karl Schmidt wants to treat every Confederate monument ...
by James Peca, Thursday, October 5, 2017 4:39 pm
Columns
Peca responds to ‘the false narratives’
I am amazed by the naivety of Lucy Klaus on how the real world works in her letter “Perpetuating the False Narratives.” For one, “Make ...
by James Peca, Tuesday, July 18, 2017 11:35 am
Columns
Peca: ‘Trump cares only for himself’
Remember way back when President Barack Obama was called unpatriotic for not wearing an American flag lapel pin? Where are those people nowadays as President ...
by James Peca, Thursday, July 6, 2017 12:24 pm
Columns
‘Trump has been in violation’
Fillmer Hevener recently wanted to know what crimes President Donald Trump has committed to warrant impeachment (“No crime against Trump offered,” June 23). He needs ...
by James Peca, Tuesday, June 27, 2017 9:59 am
Columns
On the future with Trumpcare
President Donald Trump in his campaign consistently railed against the Affordable Care Act (ACA), aka Obamacare, as a disaster. He said he had a healthcare ...
by James Peca, Tuesday, April 4, 2017 9:34 am
Columns
Trump’s ban ‘does little’
Do you feel safer now that President Donald Trump has put in a probably illegal travel ban on citizens of seven predominantly Muslim countries on ...
by James Peca, Thursday, February 16, 2017 2:03 pm
Columns
Skeptical about replacing Obamacare
Several years ago, before Obamacare was approved, I was on a fishing trip in Canada. At the lodge, I met a woman who worked for ...
by James Peca, Tuesday, December 27, 2016 1:02 pm
Columns
Why Trump’s tax return matters
Donald Trump continues to refuse to release any federal income tax returns to the public. He is the only candidate in the last 40 years ...
by James Peca, Thursday, September 22, 2016 12:26 pm
Guest Columns
Trump’s wrong: Hillary Clinton can’t confiscate guns
Donald Trump has surpassed himself in awful and false statements. His most recent was that if Hillary Clinton becomes president, she would appoint judges who ...
by James Peca, Tuesday, August 30, 2016 12:02 pm
Columns
Ban assault weapons
Another day, another mass shooting. This time it’s the worst shooting of all time with 50 dead. The country has been through this so many ...
by James Peca, Friday, July 1, 2016 9:45 am
Columns
Save lives, ban assault weapons
Mass shootings in San Bernardino, Colorado Springs, Aurora and Sandy Hook all have one thing in common other than being tragedies. The weapon of choice ...