Sound Off: August 16, 2025

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

Texas redistricting

Texas Democrats didn’t stop the redistricting, only delayed it. They will be fined and some will be charged with felonies. It’s only gerrymandering if Republicans do it.

Censoring history

To all you MAGAs out there who get upset when someone criticizes your dear leader: Do you ever think how the rest of us feel when he tries to tell us what to watch, what we can read in our librarys and what we can see in our Smithsonian and other museums?

Peace talks

I predict if peace talks fail between Ukraine and Russia, President Trump will blame Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Ukraine’s freedom

When the Soviet Union fell and Ukraine gained its freedom, it gave up its nuclear weapons, with guarantees from the United States and other Western nations that we would stand by Ukraine in the future. I hope we stick to that promise.

Confusing stats

The different national state statistics that show Mississippi near the bottom are not representative of the three Coastal counties. The statistics from the poverty-stricken Delta counties tend to bring down the rest of the state. I think one of the Coastal planning agencies should develop the Coastal statistics using data from only the three counties. This would give the residents and those looking at our area a truer cross-section of life on the Coast.

Good luck

Honestly, I’m hoping the Socialist is named mayor of New York City. Because once that little experiment fails, it’ll be curtains for the Democrats for years to come.

Oh, goodie

What could possibly be more American than a UFC fight at the White House to celebrate our nation’s birthday. How appropriate.

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