Aug. 22, 2022 Editor, The News-Gazette: I’m not fond of most politicians. Many are: too old, too outspoken, too one-sided, too long in office or more interested in their own reelection than the good of their constituents and country. Term limits would be the answer but fat chance of that ever happening.
Aug. 22, 2022 Editor, The News-Gazette: In his Aug. 15 letter, Steven Hart questioned the need for the additional reductions in greenhouse gas emissions as authorized under the recently enacted Inflation Reduction Act. Using 2020 data published by the Environmental Protection Agency, he concluded that the projected reductions (40% below the 2005 level by 2030) can be achieved without further government action since GHG emissions have already fallen by 20%.
Aug. 22, 2022 Editor, The News-Gazette: I would like to add my voice to the others who have written in support of women’s reproductive health care. The recent Supreme Court decision has opened a Pandora’s box of consequences which are dangerous for pregnant women. I am struck by the number of politicians who are not doctors, who do not consult doctors, who have never even had a period let alone been pregnant, but who are happy to make laws that directly affect women’s medical treatment.
Aug. 15, 2022 Editor, The News-Gazette: We relocated here about two months ago, and, at every turn, your friendly greetings have reassured us that moving to Rockbridge County was the right decision.
Aug. 3, 2022 Editor, The News-Gazette: A letter last month stated “reactionary Republican policy which reflects both Soviet and Nazi thinking. Both defined evil as anything opposed to the will of the leader.”
Aug. 15, 2022 Editor, The News Gazette: I vacationed with my daughter recently, and it reminded me painfully of what it’s like to walk the world in a young woman’s body. So many men think they have a right to make obscene comments about a woman’s appearance and, worse, what they’d like to do to her. The world tells women again and again that their safety and dignity aren’t worth much.
Aug. 15, 2022 Editor, The News-Gazette: On Aug. 6, Rockbridge County hometown Representative Ben Cline gave a speech at the Conservative Political Action Coalition (CPAC) convention held in Dallas, Texas. Ben Cline’s speech referenced the Republicans’ push to take back the majority of the House of Representatives and urges other states to follow the path that Virginia has taken to turn Virginia into a Red “Powerhouse” Republican state.
Aug. 15, 2022 Editor, The News-Gazette: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me thrice, I’m just a fool. Show me factual evidence that “liberal news media” reports “fake news.” Sixty federal courts (many judges Trump appointed) deemed the election was not stolen. Although, Trump still has “The People’s Court,” “Judge Judy,” “Night Court” and the mall food court to plead his case. When his attorneys appeared under oath before courts, they provided zero evidence, only fraudulent claims and ill conceived theories. Republicans have repeatedly accused Democrats of defunding police while Republicans support police; except when it involves U.S. Capitol police or protecting police by banning assault weapons with high capacity magazines. Now Republicans want to defund the FBI.
Aug. 12, 2022 Editor, The News-Gazette: My mother, a semi-truck driver’s daughter, gave birth to me in 1969, at age 17. Abortion was illegal and unavailable to people without wealth or connections. My father’s mother, a nurse, offered to help my mom access an abortion performed by a qualified doctor, in a hospital, who would have labeled the procedure necessary to save my mother’s life.
