Editor,
Thank you to Craig Wiesner for a wonderful, well-illustrated column that starts in his employment in the U.S.’ military involvement at the DMZ in South Korea.
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Updated: April 21, 2026 @ 12:49 pm
Editor,
Thank you to Craig Wiesner for a wonderful, well-illustrated column that starts in his employment in the U.S.’ military involvement at the DMZ in South Korea.
Since the new administration, every day brings another nail in the coffin of what we called democracy. “A tsunami of chaos” is his apt description of the vast destruction of support systems that were basic to our population’s and many in the third world’s success.
Now it smells like the graywashing and evisceration are preparing us for “The Republican of Gilead!” As in my iPhone’s AI definition of same: “It’s a totalitarian state that took over the U.S. government in the future.”
Are we sadly headed in this direction now? Save your pennies. It may be all you have left to remember the “good old days” when you had rights and a future to look forward to.
Kat Berger
San Mateo
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(2) comments
Thanks for your letter, Kat, but you’re a bit behind the times… There’s no need to fret because the Biden-Harris nightmare is over and thankfully, for America’s sake, word-salad Kamala failed. Happier years are ahead for America, if this first month with our (yes, our) great President Trump is any indication. BTW, pennies may no longer be minted so if you want to save them, consider them relics, or cash them in, just in case.
My goodness, Terenca, how is it possible to be so naïve that you’re being fooled over and over again by someone like Trump, a compulsive liar and a laughingstock around the world that no one in his or her right mind would ever take seriously! Just look at his complete incompetence, like what kind of people he picks for important positions, like brainless RFK jr. – for, - ANYTHNG? Get your mind together, TY!
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