Ronald Patterson

Regarding Josh Tyrangiel’s Sept. 11 op-ed, “You hate AI for all the right reasons. Now reconsider.”:In our society, artificial intelligence is constantly growing, leaving its users worried about its power. AI will have an increasingly…
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Regarding the Sept. 17 front-page article “In red eastern Oregon, a movement to join Idaho”:Oregon’s population is approximately 4.2 million. The 12 counties that have voted to look into the issue of potentially joining the eastern half of…
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The main charge in the indictment of Hunter Biden accuses him of possessing a gun while he was an “unlawful user of and addicted to a controlled substance” . The other charges — that he submitted forms falsely denying that he was an…
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The protest, involving around 200 people, including members of a relatively small but menacing and vile far-right group of individuals, was primarily racist in nature. In recent months we have seen the far right stage protests against the…
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I found “Manchin’s days as a Democrat numbered as he weighs future,” the Sept. 17 news article about the political dilemma facing Sen. Joe Manchin III (D-W.Va.) — whether to run for the Senate, the presidency or the hills of Morgantown —…
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The president is politically weak and mentally feeble. The country hungers for a change and even most Democrats are ready to abandon Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.  In the Senate, Dems hold a one-vote…
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Comment on this storyCommentLaura Meckler’s Sept. 16 front-page article on the experiment in Shaker Heights, Ohio, ending “tracking” in its schools, “A sudden end for academic ‘tracking,’” reflected a widespread misconception. She wrote…
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Regarding the Sept. 21 Metro article “Key House committee advances RFK bill”:Let me make myself clear: In no way should taxpayers pay the entire amount for a new football stadium. However, some funding by taxpayers is appropriate.Some…
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Boebert’s baloneyRep. Lauren Boebert blames her antics at a “Beetlejuice” performance in Aspen on her “eccentric” and “animated” personality (“Ex defense of vape, ‘grope,’ ” Sept. 20). That personality belongs in…
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Comment on this storyCommentIn the modern world of public corruption, the misconduct can be subtle and the lines blurry: between campaign contributions and outright bribes, between legitimate constituent services and improper influence.…
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