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Our leaders don’t know what democracy is

Kimball Shinkoskey Woods Cross So, you think you know what democracy is. Houston, we have a problem. Today’s Democrats, who should know better, and Republicans, who should also know better, have absolutely no idea what democracy is, though they regularly use the term to describe what their parties are all about. I’m not kidding, not one Democrat leader or one Republican leader I have listened to over the past decade or two has gotten within a country mile of even a C+ answer to the question, “What is democracy.” In fact, they never even ask the question, as if the answer ...

What is Trump’s policy?

George Polycranos Port Matilda No wonder Trump is spending so much time talking about Hannibal Lechter, crowd size and the IQ of his opponent (Kamala Harris graduated from the University of California College of the Law, was elected District Attorney of Alameda County, served two terms as California Attorney General, was elected to the U.S. Senate and is currently the Vice President of the United States) instead of talking about policy. He doesn’t have to. Project 2025 has Trump’s policy completely covered. Christian Nationalists erroneously believe that our country was founded ...

Save Our Democracy

George Seyler Jersey Shore I will be 84 years old on Aug. 29, and I dearly love my country. I’ve always taken great pride in voting. I deeply believe that we must do all we can to save our democracy, not just for the current generation, but for the younger and yet to come generations. I also believe very much in the Rule of Law.

Second-hand smoke at Weis Markets

Darryl Jackson Lock Haven Chain-smoke — verb — to smoke continually, with little or no interruption Weis Markets in Lock Haven is one of the most popular establishments in the city to have a smoke. The who’s who of cigarette smokers are found no farther than arms-length from Weis Markets entrance. There is so much smoking going on in front of the building that there is a ceasefire placed no more than a shopping cart length away from the door. It’s a common sight to see the hunched-over victims of Marlboro sucking in as many thousands of chemicals as they possibly can ...

Giving AI a bad name

Tim Mannello Williamsport In a recent letter, a writer cited his research using AI as a basis for arguing that Democrats unfairly call Donald Trump heartless, just because six of his businesses went bankrupt. The writer told us: “Do your own research,” and you’ll find out for yourself. Ask an AI site if Democrats do indeed criticize Donald Trump as being heartless just for going bankrupt. So, docile reader that I am, I did. I anticipated AI’s answer before I read it. The AI response was: “The fact that Trump did not pay thousands of his creditors when his six casinos went ...

Decency dividend

Jim Newton Itasca If you’re an investor, you know the value of stock dividends, but some dividends are more like a mirage: the “peace dividend” after the Soviet Union fell, for example. Former U.S. Treasury Secretary Donald Regan soberly stated in a 1989 interview, that the peace dividend is not going “to be some huge sum that falls in our lap as though we won a sweepstakes or something.” I had hoped the 2020 Biden-Harris election win would produce a “Decency Dividend.” It didn’t. I didn’t overestimate their ability to deliver, I underestimated our resistance to ...