I would like to pay tribute and show appreciation for all the direct care staff who have been tirelessly working through the pandemic. Direct care staff are the frontline support for people with intellectual disabilities. In the best of times, they work long hours with people who have a wide ...
When President Donald Trump quacks, Republicans grovel. If we were to believe everything he has quacked, we would all know that Trump is the greatest world leader of all time. His total and complete knowledge of everything is remarkable. Everything Trump quacks is the absolute truth — ...
In a Republic government, the powers come from the people — directly or indirectly. Putting safety measures in place during a crisis makes sense in the short term, but using said crisis mandates long-term to transform America is overreach and tyranny. When we are no longer following ...
President Donald Trump probably takes more abuse than any president in my time. It started the day he became president, and they have no respect for him in his daily briefings as the media shout, argue and show no respect. I don’t know what they will do when he gets reelected for four ...
I am a veteran and will be supporting Congressman John Joyce in the upcoming election. He has been a long-time supporter of our local VA Hospital and veterans groups, both as physician and the son of a WWII veteran. In 2019, he took the time to visit the Normandy Beaches to commemorate ...
Before many of you were born, we had a world crisis on our hands. It was called World War II. As a nation, how did we respond? We accepted the shortage on many products. We had rationing and were issued coupons to obtain certain items. We grew a victory garden and did a lot of canning. ...
Once again, the Democrats are true to form of never let a good crisis go to waste. Along with their propaganda arm, the mainstream media, they are using every aspect of this virus to attack President Donald Trump. Even though the president shut down travel from China on Jan. 31, before the ...
We need to get our kids back in school by first and always abiding by the guidelines to fight the coronavirus. Why not go to school a half day for everyone? Half the kids go in the morning, the other half go in the afternoon. That presents the opportunity to establish social ...
“We’re all in this together.” I see this slogan on TV, in the newspaper, on peoples’ lawns, on billboards, etc. Unfortunately, I don’t believe this is an altogether true statement. If it were true, I wouldn’t see empty shelves in grocery stores. It seems that every item ...
People of America: When big companies started taking their factories out of our country, that is when America started to forget about God. We don’t want to believe he is in control. We want our government to give us everything on a silver platter. What happened to the American people who ...
As I sit at my sewing machine, I have been thinking about what this pandemic reveals about the American people and the American system. I am a tiny cog in an incredible machine of volunteers. We are making masks, running porch pantries, checking on neighbors and working for food banks. I ...
I sit here thinking of all the service people we have to thank — doctors, nurses, paramedics, police, firemen, military — and I could go on and on. Every time we sit down at our dinner table, every time we put food in our mouths-it comes from a farmer. How often do we thank a farmer? ...
Since the Great Recession, there has been a rising tide of right-wing populism in the United States, especially around this area. Yes, there has also been left-wing populism, a la Bernie Sanders, but that vein does not concern my letter today. The newest display of right-wing populism is ...
Dr. Anthony Fauci and other experts are indicating that social isolation is working, and that the number of new COVID-19 cases has leveled off. But new hotspots are still breaking out, and it is important for the current restrictions to stay in place in order to avoid the resurgence that ...
“Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety” — Benjamin Franklin. Viruses have no cure. However, there are effective antibiotics, over-the-counter symptom relievers and for the more advanced stage supportive care for ...
On April 14, President Donald Trump announced a hold on U.S. funding for the World Health Organization pending a review of actions related to the pandemic. Such a move endangers lives at home and around the world. We have already seen COVID-19 overwhelm nations large and small, rich and ...
It’s not my responsibility. For anything. Ever. That seems to be President Donald Trump’s go-to position on the pandemic. It’s not his fault because no one told him it was going to be a pandemic. Except there were memos from senior advisors and the intelligence community that warned ...
It doesn’t matter how much President Donald Trump does, the Democrats think they could do better. Just suppose Joe Biden was president. The Democrats would think he was great even though half the time he has no idea what is going on. He called coronavirus “COVID-9” instead of 19. ...
The federal government’s ongoing response to the coronavirus has created a state of confusion. It should be obvious to all that this virus is the nastiest since 1918. It cares nothing about state or national lines. There was a time, very recently, when the CDC was the point guard for ...
I would like to give the notion of “needless burning,” as discussed in the Mirror’s April 2 editorial, some perspective and clarity, from a 22-year DEP employee in the solid waste program. I also worked closely with the air quality program on both legal and unpermitted burning ...