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Letter: Violent crimes correlation with drugs and alcohol

Violent crimes have a correlation with drugs and alcohol. Alcohol is involved in 40-60 percent of domestic abuse. More than half of individuals who abuse elderly parents are dependent on drugs and alcohol. Alcohol plays a role in 35 percent or more in murders in the U.S. Drugs and alcohol are implicated in an estimated 80 percent of offenses leading to incarceration in the U.S. Alcohol was found to be associated with violent crimes, including murder, rape, assaults on children and spouses. Why is there not more public awareness of violence associated with drugs and ...

Letter: What precisely survives our physical death?

Trust in a beneficial universe, creator, or religious faith regarding life after death satisfies many people. Some inquirers are more detail-oriented. For instance, what precisely survives physical death? Will there be a delayed resurrection of a finer flesh body, or as St. Paul and others suggest the possibility of a “spiritual, angelic,” or subtle body? Will our new form possess a conscious, persistent personality, with continuous memory? Will there exist the possibility of enjoying the kind of pleasurable experiences known on Earth? Or will one’s new form be more ...

Letter: Current proposal erodes historical significance

The sparsely attended Lahaina community meeting Oct. 15 and lack of enthusiasm was due to the many changes in the hard presentation depicting the proposed future of Front Street Apartments. Hovering on the border of the Official Lahaina Historical Zone, density and gentrification is included in the new proposal. Where two-story buildings of the past allowed for air circulation with open-air, simple carports with 1 space per unit, the new proposed mini city demands high density by creating three-storied buildings without elevators, no carports, yet allowing two spaces for ...

Letter: County lacks foresight on water management

Maui County lacks foresight, and thus has not bothered to build reservoirs, despite decades of drought. All the while, Maui residents are being punished and threatened with loss of their water meters. Shaking my head. Eloise Engman Haiku

Letter: Labor unions have power to send a strong message

As Trump continues to attempt to make this country into a dictatorship, the labor unions have power to send a strong message to the administration and the American people with a general strike. A one-day strike of union members — flight attendants, pilots, carpenters, plumbers, auto workers — would send a strong message. This is a call for America to wake up, not a call to anarchy or violence. Michael Kaipo Nye Maui Meadows

Letter: Belief that nothing exists after physical death

Perhaps the greatest want to humanity is not the result of poverty, but of spiritual ignorance. The belief is widespread that nothing exists after physical death. Unfortunately, this harmful misperception is growing. Religions are of little help, for they just repeat their obscure formulas and commands for social control. Science also offers little help. It is in no hurry to perform the scientific research that will prove the existence of the supermundane world. Nor does science point out that one who believes in non-existence will find himself in a most pitiful condition in the ...