Letter to the editor: Speak out because it is the right thing to do

Arthur Saginian | A Dictatorship … Elected?

This is in the realms of the purely hypothetical: a democratically elected dictatorship. Consider, if you will, that by some quirk of fate President Donald Trump and his administration accomplish things in the next two years that leave so many American voters so positively impressed that they actually elect more Republicans to Congress in the midterms, thus increasing their majorities in both houses to a point where Democrats have little if any …

Letter to the editor: Speak out because it is the right thing to do

As Donald Trump continues his assault on our democracy, it is up to all of us to prevent America from becoming a totalitarian state. We don’t want to let one man neutralize Congress, defy our courts, intimidate law firms, threaten…

Letter: My plea: Listen to the quiet voice of doubt

To the editor: In his 1935 novel, "It Can’t Happen Here," Sinclair Lewis imagined a time in which our democracy might fall to a smooth-talking, charismatic dictator. Today, we’re closer to refuting his title than I ever imagined. While one political party is enmeshed in an internal debate on how to stop or slow down the dismantling of our democracy, the other has shockingly turned over its heart, soul and leadership to a lifelong fraud and grift…

If we do not protect democracy, if we let the ruler hammer the hull, we will discover that we are in a brutal and brief world, as Hobbes said.

Letter to the Editor | Time for Action | The King City Rustler | Your Local News Source in King City, California

To the Editor: When are the Democrats in office going to grow a pair and speak out, get in front of a microphone, get on TV? Every day, Democrats should be talking about the lies, talking about Project 2025. Their messaging is terrible. When are the Republicans going to grow a pair and stand up for the rule of law and the Constitution? In the March 26 Rustler/Tribune, “Weekly Gatherings to Amplify ‘We the People’” by Susan Raycraft and “Protect …

Letter to the editor: Proud to be an American

Since I was old enough to go to school and say the Pledge of Allegiance, I have been proud to be an American. Sometimes the feeling was stronger than other times. For instance, the Vietnam War was a low point and the landing on the moon was a high point. When young men and women are abducted, without legal counsel, or any other right, because they exercised their constitutional right to free speech, my pride reached a new low. I visited Berlin, …