To the editor: It’s been three weeks since I went over the handlebars on the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail (LVRT) and fractured my femur because of an uncontrolled dog. I’d been felled by a ten pound canine that had darted from the weeds on the side of the trail. What[Read More…]
Letters to the Editor
Look Forward to Bread and Puppet
To the editor: I look forward every year to Greensboro’s Funky Fourth parade, and a big part of that anticipation is the Bread and Puppet contingent of the only band in our parade, the amazingly high stilt dancers, the peace dove and the humanitarian comment mixed in there somewhere. Keep[Read More…]
Bread and Puppet Dishonors July 4 Celebration
To the editor: The Fourth of July is a wonderful holiday that celebrates the independence of the United States of America. In Greensboro we have a parade that honors this holiday. This parade draws an enormous crowd that includes many children. Why do we have to endure the Bread and[Read More…]
The Snap That Could Kill 14 Million
In the Marvel movie “Infinity War,” there’s a haunting scene where the villain Thanos collects six magical stones, snaps his fingers, and half the population of the universe disappears. Just like that. No warning, no appeal. He calls it mercy.But that’s fiction.On July 1, The Lancet, one of the world’s[Read More…]
Not Now
To the editor: The benefiting billionaires (budget reconciliation) bill was passed last week by both houses of Congress and was signed, ironically, by Donald J. Trump, on July 4, our Independence Day. Ironic because the original “No Kings Day,” was July 4, 1776, when settlers pledged through a Declaration of Independence[Read More…]
Copley Birthing Center to Close Nov. 1
To the editor: In the coming months Copley’s Birthing Center will continue to welcome new families and babies until the planned closure date of midnight November 1. Last week we shared the difficult news that the Copley Birthing Center would be closing later this year. In the coming days our[Read More…]
Obliterated
To the editor: Obliterated: the right of the people through their elected representatives to decide if their country should go to war. Obliterated: the independence of Congress as a separate branch of government which has the sole right to declare war. The servile minions who took an oath to defend[Read More…]
Trampled U.S. Constitution
To the editor: The Trump’s administration action to bomb the nuclear processing sites in Iran without Congressional authorization is in violation of the War Powers Act passed in 1973. Contrary to his dismissing it as a “one off” attack, it is a declaration of war. The power to attack a[Read More…]
Free Speech Restricted, Senator Detained
To the editor:Americans, citizens and those in the country legally, are being arrested for asking questions and speaking up.One person taken into custody and handcuffed last week in Los Angeles was U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-Calif. He did not remain silent. Below is a link to a speech he gave[Read More…]
Copley Birthing Center Closure Questioned
To the editor:I have been reading the articles and letters regarding the Copley Birthing Center. Aren’t patients who use Copley’s birthing center more likely to come back for other medical services? If they go to another hospital to give birth, aren’t they more likely to go to that hospital for[Read More…]
Leaders Make it up as They Go
To the editor: These days, we see plenty of leaders who seem to make it up as they go. They say one thing today and something else tomorrow. That kind of unpredictability is troubling enough. But there’s another kind of danger in politics that’s even more serious and it doesn’t[Read More…]
No Kings in America
To the editor: Please join us for a peaceful, patriotic Flag Day event on Saturday, June 14 declaring that authoritarianism, fascism and kings have no place in America. Rise up for support of a government “of the people, by the people, and for the people”, not one highjacked by billionaires,[Read More…]
