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America is about dreams, not deals

DEAR EDITOR: “The United States will make no deal with the Soviet Union at the expense of other nations and other peoples, not merely because they are our partners, but also because their interests and ours converge. We find ourselves entangled with apparently unanswerable problems in unpronounceable places, [but] to turn away now is to abandon the world to those whose ambition is to destroy a free society. Such a policy of retreat would be folly if we had our backs to the wall. It is surely even greater folly at a time when more realistic, more responsible, more affirmative policies ...

Democratic Party will never change its spots

DEAR EDITOR: The Democratic Party can not rebrand itself. Its members are who they are and will not change! California is a Democratic, sanctuary state — 2.5 million people signed a petition to grant clemency to a criminal, an illegal alien in this country. They gave him a Commercial Driver’s License to drive an 18-wheeler, and he drove it recklessly, killing three people in Florida. American citizens, how many more of our citizens have to die before the Democratic Party wakes up? He never took a test to drive, does not know our English language, and his permission to drive was ...

Just another day in paradise or not?

DEAR EDITOR: Sometimes I feel life as in “Driving Miss Daisy.” After leaving the boundaries of youth, life becomes serious. Like it or not, we all face that last ride. As contemptuous as it may sound, for me, it is hard to be Northern with approachable Southern respect. At times, I surely feel I’m working on that plantation. Let me be the first to say, it has nothing to do with “Just living a dream of another day in paradise.” Let’s be clear. My day begins: “Hoke, Hoke, I need you to do something.” “Yes, Miss Daisy, what is it?” “Hoke, I need you to ...

How about real facts on ‘vampire’ power?

DEAR EDITOR: A couple comments about the recent article “Vampire power sucks energy dollars.” In a similar vein, I have wondered about daytime running lights on cars. The amount of extra fuel needed to power those lights must be so minuscule as to be incalculable. But what is minuscule times millions of cars? And what do lights accomplish on a bright sunny day? How many accidents have been avoided by having headlights on during a sunny day? Any statistics available? Or just someone thought it was a good idea? (Most cars allow you to turn these off.) For both these cases, home and ...

RFK Jr. wants to reverse autism trend

DEAR EDITOR: I wish The Vindicator editorial staff chose to write an opinion piece about the naked 4- or 5-year-old boy found standing on the lawn of a home on the West Side in August but they didn’t. From a Vindicator article on the story: “A child 4 to 5 years old was found standing in the front yard of a home on North Brockway Avenue on the West Side about 9 a.m. Tuesday wearing no clothing, a Youngstown police report states. When an officer arrived, he found the boy and observed that he appeared to be nonverbal, the report states. Officers could not locate the child’s ...

Repercussions for sex assault are necessary

DEAR EDITOR: As an “OLDER (widowed) woman,” I am no longer subjected to “playing the games” often seemingly taken for granted in society, but I have lived long enough, and painfully experienced vicariously, the traumas faced by younger relatives, AND the enduring mental/psychological harm imposed by violence inflicted on vulnerable, unsuspecting teens as well as adults. Volunteering as a rape crisis telephone counselor, I received anonymous calls from a terrified stranger desperate for someone to talk to, but equally terrified of sharing her — or HIS — story, which was ...