LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Feb. 8, 2026

Letters to the editor

Electric bills Bjorn Lomborg blames clean energy policies for Britain’s sky-high electric bills (“Lomborg: Increasing energy costs isn’t the answer,” Feb 5). Nonsense. Britain’s prices spiked because it’s hooked on gas, and when Russia invaded Ukraine, gas prices exploded. Gas dependence, not wind turbines, is the culprit. Lomborg skips the fact that solar and wind are now the cheapest sources of new electricity in most of the world, cheaper tha…

Letters to the editor – February 9, 2026

No laughing matterMark Said of Msida writes:Regrettably, laughing gas (nitrous oxide) is still legal in Malta, though there have been repeated calls from local organisations and the Nationalist Party to introduce legislation to strictly regulate its sale and distribution, particularly to minors.Small eight-gram canisters, often used for recreational purposes with balloons, are frequently found dumped...

Letters to the editor | Feb. 8, 2026

Save the Redwoods preserve a ‘penance’? Thanks for the story about adding 200 acres to the Richardson Redwoods Preserve. I did have to chuckle at the name of the land protection manager — Jeff Stump (Save the Redwood League’s land protection manager. Let’s hope his legacy isn’t a stump. Greg King had an interesting expose on Save the Redwoods League in his book “Ghost Forest.” Originally, the Save the Redwoods League acted like its name was a sh…

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Feb. 8, 2026

Letters to the Editor: On data centers, redistricting, ICE and migration

Letter to the editor

In a recent column, the writer said that Milton Friedman was in favor of public education. She reached this conclusion after noting that Friedman had said that universal education was necessary. In fact, Friedman favored vouchers over public schools. In…

LFP Letters to the Editor: February 7, 2026

I read with dismay Mary Wilson’s letter to the editor, Who would choose to live like this? (Jan. 28). She seems to have ignored all previous available information from the City of London and The London Free Press.