Early voting should offer second choices
Since I had my mind made up early, I voted early by mail. On Election Day I had a problem. My choice was no longer running. That means that my vote did not count.
To avoid this problem in the future, I could wait until Election Day to vote or the state could modify the ballot to include the following, “In case my candidate is no longer running on Election Day, I wish my vote to be cast for ... . ” Or the whole problem could be eliminated by using ranked voting.
Biden is vulnerable as a candidate because of this issue, which essentially has been swept under the rug up to now, but Trump can’t wait to talk about it. It raises more than a “little question” about Biden’s qualifications and presents a big question about his rhetorical capacity to “go toe to toe” with Trump on such a sensitive topic.
Switching candidates was a wise decision
Tuesday’s endorsement of Vice President Biden was an even-keeled, well-written response to Pete Buttigieg ending his campaign. Thank you for continuing to be an outstanding source of level-headed information.
I’m proud of our city’s paper.
myself fantasizing about his being in the presidential race.
Visualizing the heroic and articulate Mcraven in a face-off with Donald Trump let my imagination run wild.
Wells Fargo will have no trouble paying fine
Re “Wells Fargo to pay $3B to resolve probes into fake accounts” (Feb. 21): Wells Fargo gets a $3 billion dollar fine for illegal business practices.
With a 2018 profit of $22.4 billion, the fine will not appear to affect it badly and nobody goes to prison. American justice.
News consumers must check many sources
When you need work done around your home, it makes sense to get several estimates. You make up your mind only after comparing prices.
When you go shopping, the same applies. So why wouldn’t the same principle apply when listening to news coverage?
As such, have you ever tried switching between Fox News, NBC, PBS or CNN for daily news reports? The goal would be to compare newscasters: Who is credible? Who has journalistic integrity?
Basing opinions on a single viewpoint is inherently flawed. If a newscaster’s intention is to convince
you that black is white and up is down, facts can be twisted to paint a warped version of reality.
Comparing and contrasting different viewpoints is the bulwark against someone stretching the truth and dispensing disinformation. You may be uncomfortable hearing what you don’t want to hear, but an informed citizenry is essential for a functioning democracy.
How are those funding cuts helping citizens?
Before we join the cult to bestow blame upon the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for the delay in coronavirus test kits, let us consider one potentially precipitating fact.
The Trump administration has cut funding for several of our health organizations over the past three years — critical teams designed by the Bush and Obama administrations. One of those cuts resulted in at least 700 lost positions at the CDC. Might some of those 700 scientists/doctors been the creators of effective
testing mechanisms months ago?
Another question: If Trump had not alienated our allies, might they be more generous with their knowledge?
It is time to require seat belts on buses
Re “Charter bus in deadly rollover” (Feb. 23): It is the law that each and every automobile have seat belts and yet we have hundreds of school buses carrying our young children to and from school each day and on field trips. Why are there no seat belts to protect our children and grandchildren?
Anytime there is a school bus crash, our children and grandchildren are killed or injured.
These are not only very young children but all children using buses to games or events. When are the legislators going to protect our children?
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