Category: Letters to the Editor

A Letter from Rhino Reader Thomas L. Knapp

The deadline for filing US federal income tax returns falls (usually) on April 15, a date that’s worked its way into the American vocabulary as “tax day.” That’s really not a very accurate term.

For one thing, most Americans pay all sorts of other taxes (sales taxes, excise taxes, property taxes, etc.) all the time. You can’t swing a cat without hitting a tax … and there’s probably a tax on swinging cats, which I recommend against doing for all kinds of reasons other than potential tax implications….

As US Citizens waste 3, 4, 5 hours standing in line at major airports,…

Trump’s “America Alone” strategy, which relies on leveraging US spending power as a ‘bully stick’ negotiation tool, has not delivered the promised results.  Recent data actually indicates the opposite outcome.

Trade balances have not been restored; for example, in November 2025, the US trade deficit reached $56.8 billion—a 94.6% increase from October, largely due to pre-tariff stockpiling. Over the first eleven months of 2025, the total deficit grew about 4.1% compared to the same period in 2024….

Did anybody really think that Skip the Omnipotent would allow the peasants, peons, and other ash and trash (his view of us) of his Fiefdom to have a say on how HE spends OUR tax dollars. The man (cough, cough) only cares about gaining and retaining power and getting his name forever in the history books of Guilford County….

MAGA has a really obvious set of bad habits guiding its movement.
MAGA promotes mass ignorance (trust in autocrats), political force (ICE), dishonesty (lying about the 2020 election), and military adventurism (Venezuela and Iran).
MAGA champions economic monopoly (oil, steel, and everything else), social and sexual exploitation (coverup of Epstein’s pals), and a Christian nationalist religion based on a discredited version of the teachings of Jesus…