Opinions
Justice John Marshall Harlan was the only dissenter from the U.S. Supreme Court’s infamous ruling in Plessy v. Ferguson, in 1896, in which the majority invoked the “separate but equal” test to uphold segregation laws.
Justice Harlan’s immortal dissent became law in the landmark case of Brown v....
Here we are, another election season in another year where everything has gone to hell…and we are all scratching our heads wondering how we got here.
We do this often and we do this well.
We blindly vote, and we check the boxes. We don’t hold their feet to the fire, and we don’t hold them...
Not all landmark Supreme Court decisions are admirable. Some are frankly infamous, including Plessy v. Ferguson. In 1896, in Plessy, the Court constitutionalized racial segregation in the South. The Court’s opinion plundered Black Americans’ newly confirmed rights “guaranteed” by the 13th and 14th...
It is time to replace them
To the Editor:
It is time to recall how you felt when you learned your Weston County Commissioners and the county clerk had held a secret vote to replace Hans Hunt. (Was that the only secret vote they
had held?)
The reason for the secret vote was the commissioners...
Make your vote count
To the Editor:
What is a free lunch? A concept that considers half of the equation. It may indeed be free to the recipient; however, it is certainly not free to the provider. Who benefits from a free lunch? A starving person, certainly; an obese person, not so much.
What is a...
Next week’s edition of the News Letter Journal, dated Aug. 11, will once again feature the primary election guide for 2022.
The section will include information from candidates who returned questionnaires presented to them by the News Letter Journal. Each candidate was asked the same questions and...
Vladimir Putin’s infliction on the Russian people of a second Iron Curtain has demonstrated more effectively than any number of seminars and lectures possibly could the critical importance of freedom of the press to governmental accountability. Putin’s nationwide censorship of any news or reports...
There once was a show called “Ripley’s Believe it or Not” that featured extremely unusual characters or situations that were often beyond belief. There’s something that fascinates us when we see or hear about something that challenges our human reasoning.
For instance, I am not as fascinated by...
The 2022 Weston County Fair is finally here and the News Letter Journal is excited to once again highlight the excitement that this time of the year brings for so many people.
In the first three days of the fair we were able to catch nearly every emotion out there, from tears, to cheers and even...
Here is a way to get “looped” this summer by enjoying Wyoming’s highways and byways.
My definition of a “loop drive” is where you set out for a destination and after you get there, you return home by a different route, forming a loop.
The state of Wyoming tourism division along with all the...
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