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Newspaper
The Gaston Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 2000
Page
4
Duane K. McCallister is publisher with John Pea serving as editor and Barry Bridges as editorial page editor for the Freedom Newspaper. The listing outlines the paper’s leadership roles and staff titles.
A manifesto asserting that freedom stems from personal responsibility and self-control. It argues people are endowed with rights by a Creator, not a government, and must preserve life and property while expanding freedom for themselves and others.
The Pentagon inspector general bluntly found the Corps of Engineers distorted economic studies to push a 1.1 billion Mississippi Illinois river lock and dam project. The report exposes institutional bias and pressure to approve showy projects, with top officials urged to get to yes quickly. Independent cost benefit evaluations are urged for future projects.
A concise reflection asserts patriotism means allegiance to the nation above all, not blind support for leaders. It emphasizes that true devotion requires standing by country while holding public officials to account, framed as a principled standard for civic loyalty.
The Gazette outlines letter submission rules including required signature address and daytime phone, general interest and tasteful content, editorial edits possible, 300 words or fewer with longer pieces possibly for My Turn, one letter per month, submission methods by office drop, mail, fax, or email, and notes that poetry and consumer complaints are not published.
Readers writing letters to the Feedback section are eligible for The Gazette's Readers' Voice award. Each month one Feedback letter or My Turn column wins, with a yearly award in July. Contact Sue Myrick in North Carolina or John Spratt for district and DC offices for reader correspondence.
Public outrage grows as critics condemn the 1996 Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act for allowing the INS to jail immigrants on secret evidence without charges or bail. Mazen Al Najjar, a Tampa teacher, remains jailed three years over overstayed student visa amid ongoing legal wrangling and appeals. The case underscores tensions between national security and due process while lawmakers, civil rights groups, and scholars press for charges in open court.
Wilson A Forbes Jr of Gastonia argues Gus Hall’s death marks the fading of the US Communist Party. He blames Democratic tax and entitlement policies for turning voters toward leftist ideas and questions the erosion of American independence and the presidency outcome.
Thomas Sowell argues the book shows vast wealth in underground economies of the Third World and explains why lack of legal property rights traps the poor. He cites Peru Egypt and Haiti with lengthy bureaucratic paths to titles and loans. The piece urges reading for law professors and policymakers to value property rights for the poor.
A Toledo Blade reader survey applauds a holiday lottery commercial that shows a man buying tickets then donating the money to a charity bell ringer. The piece questions the ad’s message and repeats the state’s stance against gambling while urging better use of spare change year round.
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