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Enough with the selective outrage on gasoline prices

DEAR EDITOR: For the past weeks, the price of gasoline has had the liberals clutching in terror at their pearls. Oh, the humanity! I keep an account of my daily activities in calendars — my appointments, snowfall amounts, when I plant flowers, when I pick my first tomatoes, do a bit of baking and when I buy gas. I save my old calendars. I can look back and see what happened years ago. I looked back and saw the price of gas during Joe Biden’s flawed tenure in the Oval Office. On May 20, 2024, it was $3.99/gallon; on Jan. 26, 2023, $3.99/gallon; on May 27, 2022, $4.90/gallon; ...

Furor over voter ID is much ado about nothing

DEAR EDITOR: What is wrong with Democrats? Anyone who moves to a different city, county, state or district — not just veterans — has to register to vote with ID. If you lose any personal documents, you CAN get new ones. What is the big deal when you get married, you get a card from the courthouse with your married name on it, I did. As for people of color, it is no different. When you see a doctor, register into a hospital, license plates, stickers for a car, a new driver’s license, proof of car insurance, rent a car, rent an apartment, get subsidized housing, or apply for ...

Dave Joyce knew just what to do with Niki Frenchko

DEAR EDITOR: Dave Joyce knew what an unstable nutjob Niki Frenchko is all along. He knew all he had to do was “butt hurt” her a little and she’d go off the deep end, and she has! Well played, Dave Joyce! Now this God-fearing, blasphemous “Christian” can show everyone what a psycho she is with her “porn.” If you think for one minute God will honor your campaign tactics, you are sicker than I thought! ROBERT PLANT Warren

Warren hospital workers deserve all of our thanks

DEAR EDITOR: Yesterday was a better day in the ER at good old Warren General, aka St Joe’s, now Mercy Health. That is, according to the kind nurse, who admitted she was working four 14-hour shifts. Even as I walked into the lobby, the receptionist smiled. I’ve had family in this hospital recently. Now, firsthand, I’d like to give a huge shoutout to the entire staff, nurses, labs, housekeeping, dietitians, residents and every other technician I’ve forgotten. They’re amazingly upbeat and I’ve been in grocery retail since forever. I showed up through COVID and wore the ...

Learning the truth about employee-paid health care

DEAR EDITOR: You’re a locally important civic leader with formal authority in your organization and significant influence outside of it. You see the rescission of Obamacare for millions of Americans as a complicating factor with unknown consequences for your thinking about health care. How should you think? What should you and your colleagues in the Mahoning and Shenango valleys’ civic leadership do? Consider this. Approach your colleagues and ask for their public support in proposing the Chief Actuary in the Health Care Financing Administration conduct an investigation into ...

Colorectal cancer screenings can save lives

DEAR EDITOR: Colorectal cancer remains one of the deadliest cancers in the United States, yet it is highly preventable and treatable when detected early. According to the American Cancer Society, more than 153,000 Americans will be diagnosed with colorectal cancer this year, and over 52,000 will lose their lives. When men and women are combined, colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related death nationwide. Alarmingly, it is now the leading cause of cancer death among adults under age 50. Colorectal cancer often develops silently. Many individuals feel completely ...