Ray Bryars: Ensure vs. insure
I am not a teacher, but I want to take this opportunity to teach teachers and the next generation about the use of “ensure” versus “insure.” For many years now, I have just groaned at...
Logan Berrian: Digusting narratives must be challenged
I find it particularly abhorrent that the folks inciting fear and terror about a James Comey-led jihad at Grass Valley Charter School Foundation’s fundraiser are the same craven lunatics who deny that any number of...
Sam Mills: Nevada County’s Sudoku tournament a hit
To the readers of The Union — I had an opportunity to volunteer at this year’s third annual Sudoku Tournament and really enjoyed the experience. Everyone had a good time, kids and parents alike. The...
Rick Bethel: On dialysis clinics
I was very upset to read about columnist Thomas Elias’s views of the dialysis clinics’ problems. Why is it when there is a problem we immediately go to the lowest paid people and declare that...
Carole Chapman: State senate race a bogus election
Race to the runoffs, really? This is total bullpuckey, there is no choice here at all and the Republicans made sure of that when they ran one of their own as a Democrat, who siphoned...
Eddie Falick: In remembrance of Pete Seeger
In remembrance: On May 3, I was thinking of Pete Seeger who would have reached the age of 100. I mourned his passing in 2014, but keep his light shining in my heart. He was...
Ron Lowe: The great divide
From George W. Bush to Donald Trump, Republicans have played the anti-abortion card. Abortion is without question, the most emotional issue of politics and morality that faces the nation today. The language of the debate...
John Palmer: Doesn’t LaMalfa care what Mueller unearthed?
I finally got around to reading Doug LaMalfa’s response to the Mueller Report, and like the Republican toady he is, he got in line with his fearless leader in the White House, and stated, “As...
Robert Burk: Include all the facts
I am shocked and appalled that medical professionals would omit critical information when responding to a question about a medical condition. In the “Ask The Doctors” column appearing in the April 3 edition, the columnists...
Jacqueline Finley: Trump is counting on the liberal side to splinter
Benjamin Franklin allegedly remarked around the time of the signing of the Declaration of Independence that, “We must all hang together, or most assuredly we shall hang separately.” He was referring to the original colonies,...
Shirley Porter: Triumph of spirit
Diane S. Davy, thank you for a wonderful Other Voices column on April 30. As a gardener in Grass Valley for the past 15 years, I too grow roses and love to see the first...
Robert Erickson: Thanks, DMV
It seems to be fashionable to complain about DMV but I believe in giving credit where it is due. I recently had to renew my driver’s license and wanted to get a “Real ID” in...
Roger Brouwer: PG&E being a little too generous to employees
Regarding Wednesday’s article in The Union about PG&E’s plan for $235 million in bonuses, the article indicated that “payments will not go to senior management but be given to about 10,000 rank-and-file employees.” I don’t...
Sarah Holyhead: Does it have to lead just because it bleeds?
I’m disappointed to see The Union regularly putting horrifying and gruesomely detailed stories about local crimes above the fold on the front page. Sure, these terrible events are part of our community and we should...
Charley Hooper: Know both sides
In his April 13 letter to the editor, John Palmer (Political philosophy; conservatives vs. liberals) needs to check his facts. Adolf Hitler’s Nazi party was nationalistic and socialist (its full name was the National Socialist...
Richard Cristdahl: Easy-peasy, how spinning one word can exonerate Trump
In Attorney General William Barr’s March 24 letter to Congress, he wrote, “As the report states: [T]he investigation did not establish that members of the Trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in...
Jo Ann Rebane: A choice between two good candidates
Both Brian Dahle and Kevin Kiley are excellent assemblymen and both are vying for your vote to elect one of them to the State Senate. Mr. Kiley’s youth and energy may attract you. I however...
Paul Hauck: A rebuttal on immigration
In response to a letter to the editor by David Farrell on April 23, I believe that a more careful reading of my letter will demonstrate that I did not say that illegal immigrants receive...
Christopher Reilly: Support your neighbor’s ability to be Firewise
The Greater Alta Sierra Firewise Community is the largest Firewise community in Nevada County. If you’ve ever driven in Alta Sierra, you’re likely aware of our many winding and connected roadways which includes both private...
Scott Rogers: Reality vs. fake news
Many of us know excellent folks from Mexico and Central America who do the work we need. My experiences with these folks has been always positive. I am saddened by the current push to keep...
