Northern Valley Beacon

As a soldier stationed in Germany just after it was permitted to be fully self-governing, I, along with my fellow soldiers, pondered the question of how the Holocaust happened.  We wondered how and why the people assented to it with little or no criticism.  At the time, however, the Germans were on their best behavior around the NATO troops, and displayed a strong disapproval of what the Nazis represented.  Some of our cadre who had served in Germany during and shortly after the war told us not to be fooled:  the fact was that a preponderance of the people were in full support of Hitler and his regime.  The Holocaust was not something forced on them;  it was what the nation was at the time. And that describes the circumstance of Donald Trump.  His major asset is his wealth and the power it has on the people.  As a person, he has no merits of intellect or character.  He lies prodigiously.  He is a convicted felon.  He is a ...

  The sudden failure of  a laptop computer took with it the links and codes for the editorial program for writing and publishing the Beacon.  It has taken some months to restore all that was lost on it.  So here we are again, at long last.