A recent commentary by Amarjit Singh warns that allowing refugees from war-ridden countries “threatens to bring in anti-US elements” (“Uncontrolled immigration brings chaos, danger to host nations,” Star-Advertiser, Island Voices, April 5). Then on April 10, a negative reaction letter from Joel Fischer appeared (“Insensitive ‘rants’ are displacing caring”).

Fischer does not argue with any of the points made; instead, he rants on and labels Singh’s warnings as “nonsensical rants” and accuses him of having a “lack of empathy for others.” Why does the liberal democratic mind ignore actual data from countries — Great Britain, France, Germany — that have allowed Muslim immigration resulting in murders and the takeover of neighborhoods to the point where law-abiding citizens are afraid to enter?

Liberals tout religious freedom, tolerance, inclusivity and diversity without worrying about consequences. Islam is a religion and form of government. The USA has separation of church and state for good reason.

Don Voyce

Aina Haina

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America is broken, alas, not exceptional

American exceptionalism is dead: We lead the world in health care and drug costs with over 30 million having no health care at all. We lead the world in defense spending that has not made us safer with our over-900 overseas military bases.

We lead the modern nations in opioid addiction, obesity, childhood poverty, gun violence, bankruptcy from medical bills, massive income inequality, mass incarceration, stagnant wages and crumbling infrastructure. Fifty percent of working Americans make under $30,000 yearly and don’t have $1,000 in case of emergency. Our students are drowning in debt.

However, the elites and crooks on Wall Street love democratic socialism whenever they crash the economy, as George W. Bush did in 2008, and they get trillions in bailout. None for the working person, though.

We lead in the worst possible categories. I see nothing being done to correct any of these. We are not great, but broken.

Jim Quimby

Kamehameha Heights

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Naturopathy is denial of science at its worse

The mainstream media have granted sacred-cow status to the pseudo-profession of naturopathy. There is no investigating and no reporting on even its most outrageous frauds and atrocities. Hawaii Public Radio relentlessly promotes its scams and refuses skeptics even one minute to rebut the claims.

Our state legislators, either ignorant or pig-headed, refuse to explain or justify their actions giving naturopaths essential equivalence to medical doctors.

Naturopathy is science denial at its worst. People who want to learn the truth should read Britt Marie Hermes’ tweets and blogs; she is a disillusioned and angry ex-naturopath. Also, see ScienceBasedMedicine.org and put “naturopathy” in the search box. Doing this could save your life.

Kurt Butler

Wailuku, Maui

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N. Korea missile to Hawaii? 12 minutes

William Cole’s article, “Specialists think North Korea poses nuclear threat to Hawaii” (Star- Advertiser, April 10), mistakenly underestimated the time that an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) could reach Hawaii.

Riki Ellison, founder and chairman of the Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, quoted as an authority in the article, briefed the state House and Senate just a few months ago, and made it very clear that Hawaii was just 12 minutes away from a North Korean ICBM missile. I hope the Star-Advertiser didn’t overlook this fact to not scare its readers, but deceive the rest of us into believing we are safe.

Rep. Gene Ward

State House, District17