Clean out Congress; they don’t read the bills
On Tuesday morning, I was watching CNN. The topic of discussion was the Ensuring Patient Access and Effective Drug Enforcement Act, which was the focus of Sunday night’s “60 Minutes” show about the opioid epidemic. When asked how this bill passed both houses of Congress without any discussion, the guest congressman/senator answered, “I guess we weren’t paying attention.”
If this isn’t a reason to completely clean house of all senators and House members, I don’t know what is. The other reason is the scourge of lobbyists on Capitol Hill.
Americans are their own worst enemy. If we continue to re-elect incumbents, then we have no one to blame but ourselves for the sorry state of affairs of our country. Time is running out. GREG SKAVINSKI
Bethel Park Korea? It is his opinion that the players should take the easy way out and hide in the locker room until after the anthem.
I feel, along with the majority of other sports fans, that the players should be on the field and should be required to stand for the national anthem. Standing demonstrates an appreciation for the privileges we enjoy as U.S. citizens and shows respect for the men and women in the military who have made sacrifices in the service of our country. I cannot help but remember the lyrics to a song by Billy Ray Cyrus: “All gave some, some gave all.”
Standing for the anthem seems like a very small concession to request of the athletes when you consider the freedoms that we have and enjoy as Americans. BILL SIEGEL Shadyside
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help in eliminating this problem. It is a fact that priests in the early church did marry; it wasn’t until about the 11th century that therules were changed.
I think my experience in this regard is telling. My seminary training began with high school. As I progressed into the college level and got a little older, I began to deeply think about what a life without a family would mean to me. I decided to terminate seminary studies. I switched my career goals from priesthood to social work. I did marry, and my wife and I have two grown children and three grandchildren. I often think about the fact that five persons are living, now and into eternity, who would not be in the world if I had I not changed my plans. And I also like to think of the many people whom I was able to help in my 35-year social work career, which in many ways is not too different from some of the ways I would have helped people as a priest. RICHARD NORWOOD
Mt. Lebanon