Opinion

To the Editor: The Putnam County Emergency Food Pantry’s board of directors and other volunteers thank the Putnam County community, churches, organizations, businesses, newspapers, realtors, schools and DePauw University for their continuing support to the Emergency Food Pantry here in our county...

To the Editor: I feel sorry for Trump supporters who have been fed a steady supply of lies until they became members of the Trump cult unable to think for themselves. Most of the lies were small but two of them were deadly. The first was, “COVID is fake news.” Had Trump only shared the truth, hospitals and doctors could have begun to prepare instead of being taken by surprise. We have now lost 400,000 people to Trump’s “fake news.”...

To the Editor: James Richard Baird, as a representative of the Fourth District, has violated his oath of office to the Constitution of the United States of America. He voted to deny the count of millions of legal and legitimate votes. His vote was a clear-cut effort to overthrow the election of the president of the United States. He has trashed our democracy...

We are fortunate in our congressional district to have companies and organizations that provide immeasurable contributions to our communities and our state. I acknowledge and respect the great work in philanthropy, economic development and employment opportunities for Hoosiers that these community partners deliver...

Like so many of you, I sat way too long in front of my television on Wednesday afternoon and evening, watching the events unfold with shock and horror, though not complete surprise. It had been telegraphed for weeks that President Donald Trump’s supporters planned to rally in Washington, D.C., on the day Congress was set to affirm President-Elect Joe Biden’s victory in the November presidential election...

Though Indiana is usually considered a tradition-minded state, we Hoosiers have made a name for ourselves as national leaders for innovative public policies in the 21st century. On issues from job training to school choice to road funding, Indiana has enacted policies that became blueprints for other states...

To the Editor: Supporters of President Donald Trump are being told to accept that Joe Biden, a candidate that could not entice more than 20 people to attend his rallies, but yet he somehow gardened the most votes in history. We are supposed to accept that Biden won the presidency, while carrying only 16 percent of counties, the lowest in history — yet in some of those counties Biden received more votes than eligible voters...

To the Editor: Last week while rioters, fueled by the incendiary rhetoric of President Donald Trump, were launching an assault on the U.S. Capitol, the very seat of our democracy, legislators inside that same structure were employing a different type of attack. ...

To the Editor: The Civic League has done it again. The Christmas lights in Robe-Ann Park are just awesome. I remember as an active member in the Greencastle Civic League years ago that the seed was planted to have lights in the park like those in Danville. Now that seed has bloomed with spectacular color and imagination...

To the Editor: Thanks are due to our local Greencastle Post Office employees. We are very thankful for our mail person Donna and any of her substitutes, as well as the “inside the PO” folks who have kept the mail going these long months of the pandemic and the holiday season as well...

To the Editor: The 2020 FOP Santa Drop was a huge success. Thank you to the following people and organizations for your generous donations: 3-D Supply Company; Jean Baker; Patricia Johnson; New Life Baptist Church; Betty Thomas; Kenneth and Eleanor Hauser; Jinsie Bingham; American Legion Post 58; Susan Crodian; Carolyn Parker; Stones Auto Body Specialists; Loretta Ash (in memory of Joe Ash); VFW Auxiliary Post 1550; Crossroads Communications Solutions; Frank and Marie Laroche; Greencastle Kiwanis; Paul Blue Jr.; Steve and Debra Sands; Dale and Susan Thomas; Brick Chapel United Methodist Church (in memory of Sonny Wood); Marcia Sutherlin (Club 16); Earl, Michelle, Hunter and Justin Gorrell; Vickie Archer; Tammi Parker; Lora Zoll; Trudi Sutherlin; Sherwood Christian Church; Anne and Danny Graham; Linda Merkel; Furniture AwareHouse; Greencastle Pediatric (Dr. ...

Editor’s Note: Anita McEnulty is a lifelong Putnam County resident and the daughter of longtime local columnist David Barr. Growing up in Greencastle at Christmas time was one of my most favorable memories. I was very blessed to have grown up in a Christian family who raised us to know the true meaning of Christmas, but also the meaning of Santa Claus through a child’s eyes...

To the Editor: “The Emperor’s New Clothes” is a charming fairy tale that I never thought I would see played out before my eyes. But indeed we have a U.S. president strutting about in his underwear proclaiming loudly that he is wearing the grandest new clothes -- or in this case, proclaiming that he has won a second term when he actually lost the popular vote and the electoral vote...

To the Editor: At this time of year we often think about ourselves and forget those who work in areas where people are dying. My wife Pat died eight weeks ago today (Dec. 1). My gratitude goes out to those who cared for her, at Mill Pond, Asbury Towers and Life’s Journey Hospice at Avon. We are still in contact with some and wish them well until this China virus is passed...