Dear Editor, This is in response to George De Luna’s letter of July 12. In it, he repeatedly refers to “God-given” rights. Passing over his total lack of evidence for the existence of any supernatural being, let’s look to see […]
Category: Letter
Letter, Opinion
On the road again with your pets
Dear Editor, With pandemic restrictions easing, most people are anxious to get away on a vacation and want to include their pets. Bringing along your pet can be stressful though —for both of you. Advance planning, proper restraint, and helping […]
Letter, Opinion
Guns are not the problem
Dear Editor, In response to Linda Johnson’s letter ” Child abuse is preventable and gun violence is child abuse,” published in the Mountain Times last month, guns, per se, are not the problem. We didn’t have this problem 50 years […]
Letter, Opinion
The whole Earth is now in our hands
Dear Editor, It wasn’t long ago when we listened for decisions rendered by the Supreme Court of the United States with hope that the court’s rulings would reflect justice for all, and a jurisprudence imbued with compassion and concern for […]
Letter, Opinion
Time to restore sanity to court
Dear Editor, To overturn a bad Supreme Court decision, the same thing, that has just been done, has to be done again. Usually start with a new court line of justices, more favorable to the change. Then start a new […]
Letter, Opinion
Animals should be free
Dear Editor, When we think about our independence and freedom in the United States, I wonder how many people think of the freedom of farmed animals. There are currently 1.6 billion animals in our nation’s 25,000 factory farms who often […]
Letter, Opinion
What does the Supreme Court decision mean?
Dear Editor, What does the recent Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade mean for Vermont? It does not change anything in our state in terms of our failure to legally protect women and innocent preborn human children from the […]
Letter, Opinion
Roe opponents are misguided
Dear Editor, While I was listening to the news about Roe v. Wade and the Supreme Court, a young man was interviewed. He was excited about all of the thousands of lives that will be saved. I would like to […]
Letter, Opinion
The mother is the best health care agent for her pregnancy
By Paul Manganiello Editor’s note: Paul Manganiello, M.D., is emeritus professor of obstetrics and gynecology at Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, co-medical director of the Good Neighbor Health Clinic in White River Junction, and president of the GunSenseVT Education Fund. […]
Letter, Opinion
Reflecting on fellow drivers
Dear Editor, In spite of current cost of gasoline, there seems to be, and I have noticed, as many cars on the road today, as ever. There are places that people need to be: work, shopping destinations, restaurants, meet-ups with […]