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Applaud Aussie stance on kids, social media

DEAR EDITOR: I applaud Australia for not allowing children under 16 on any social media. Psychologists always say their brains are not mature enough to be an adult for everything they do. Shame on this generation of parents for even giving these kids a phone. What were you thinking? They didn’t pay for it! Used to be “Why can’t I have a bike, Susie has one.” And my parents said, “If Susie jumps off a bridge, are you going to do it too​?” “You can’t always give children things. They will expect it the rest of their lives. This teaches them why bother working when ...

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Why does Mill Creek MetroParks have a $130,000 secretary at its board meetings? His name is Aaron Young. The MetroParks executive director should be sitting at the table with the board of directors and listening to the taxpayers who pay his salary. Is this a conflict of interest? I hope the two new board members do not let Mr. Young control them like the last five. — Canfield My fellow Republicans: what will it take to admit that we were / are wrong ? Our president continues to reshape and change our democracy with calculated moves / decisions made for his own profit / gain and ...

The facts on Donald Trump are out there

DEAR EDITOR: At the risk of being repetitious and boring, my opinion of Trump is that he is a convicted felon, a fascist, a chronic liar, an unfeeling narcissist, a racist, an incompetent politician, and lawless grifter on the public’s trust in high office who is disgracing the Constitution, embarrassing us among nations and destroying our economy. That should spare anyone with a red-hatted head still in the sand, or, wherever they stick them, the effort of reading further. Those interested in reading for facts may seek sources such as: The curve of forgetting (Ebbinhaus On ...

If Donald Trump’s lips are moving, he’s lying

DEAR EDITOR: Donald Trump ran as the “affordability president.” His mission on day one, he said, is to bring prices down, significantly reduce inflation and make everything much more affordable for all Americans. Grocery prices would be his first target. Within six months of his presidency he openly admitted that making things more affordable was a lot more difficult than he thought. He said he needed just a little more time to accomplish his mission. Now, 10 months into his presidency, he’s telling everyone that prices on everything are way down (and dropping), inflation is ...

Taking property and sports betting

DEAR EDITOR: Perhaps the most powerful and instructive components of the Constitution is the one mostly ignored by the courts — until recently. The 10th Amendment is short and states: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to its states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people” (emphasis supplied). In 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court in Kelo vs City of New London decided that a long-time home owner’s property could be taken by the city of New London, Connecticut to transfer to a private developer for ...

Why it’s hard to admit when you’re wrong

DEAR EDITOR: Did you ever wonder why, when the obvious is so, well, obvious that one simply cannot admit they were wrong, wrong in their choice or actions. For those of us who have raised, or are raising, children, this question, or incomprehensible feeling, arises frequently. Being embarrassed and rejected by your peers is the first reason for the absence of admittance, and some psychological factors also need to be addressed, either individually or through a comforting friend or companion. One of those psychological factors is “Cognitive Dissonance” (CD). CD is the ...