Letters

Don't forget the environment

I never thought I would see the day where hate rules our country. Has hate been poured in the water supply or released in the air? The Founding Fathers would roll over in their graves if they knew what we have become. People need to wake up, get off their high horse and come together to save…

Since the 1980s I must have read the U.S. Constitution 500 times. The key to power in this country is installing an ideological Supreme Court that will carry out a party line agenda, like decreeing that “corporations are people” and “money equals speech.”

Monday, I left Vidant Wellness Center after a water aerobics class, pleased that I had one of the best exercise/fitness centers in the country. Monday night, I received an email that Vidant Wellness was closing on Tuesday and being converted during the coronavirus health crisis to a day care…

The world, including our nation, is roiling with fear and uncertainty because of too many folks yammering too much about what too little they really know. That said, I do know our nation, since its beginning, has come back many times from the brink of ruin because of our ability to knuckle d…

The news these days is saturated with anxiety about COVID-19 virus testing availability and political finger-pointing about who can be blamed. Let’s back off a second to consider the value of testing. A test only provides information, and only has value if that information can be used.

However severe COVID-19 proves to be — and we won’t know until the roll-out of more testing — I’m confident our county and our city will meet the challenge. In the process of addressing this crisis, the amount of suffering will depend, in part, on the response behaviors we adopt. As I write …

Regarding Coral Whichard’s “Sunday voting wastes money, ignores Constitution” letter on March 9, the “Sunday exception” clause in the Constitution refers only to the presidential veto power, and not at all to voting. There’s nothing in the Constitution about not voting on Sunday, or any ment…

Recently I was writing a song called “The Seven Deadly Sins.” While reviewing the details of these sins, it occurred to me, this is Donald Trump! To wit: Lust, how many wives, how many girlfriends, how many paid-off prostitutes? Gluttony, just look at his body habitus and read about his dail…

Life seems to be a struggle, a war of each against all. But life also seems to be a lot about sharing and caring for one another in families, communities and in a global eco-system.

The Kaiser Family Foundation, a nonprofit organization based in San Francisco, just issued a state-by-state report called “Snapshots of health care in the U.S.”

“But as in the days of Noah were, so also shall the coming of the son of Man be.” (Matthew 23:47)

Don Cavellini’s letter in the Public Forum on Feb. 25 edition (Socialism, democracy are not mutually exclusive) calls out for more facts to be inserted into the discussion.

An article in Sunday’s paper caught my eye and frankly I’m amazed that adults can’t determine what is or is not recyclable. There are many problems showing up in recyclable material that ends up at ECVC for separation. Anything non-recyclable showing up at ECVC must be pulled out, which slow…

The only Socialist who was ever on the U.S. presidential ballot was Indiana’s Eugene Debs. His best year was 1912 when he received 6 percent of the popular vote.

It’s about much, much more than the economy, President Trump. “America the Beautiful” is vanishing.

The author of the Public Forum letter entitled “The Bill for ‘Free Stuff’ Will Come Due” (Public Forum, Feb. 20) ignores certain key facts which are readily available during this hotly-contested primary election season. Most of the Democratic candidates for president, especially those Mr. Cl…