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Give Us Substance, Not Stagecraft

Politics has become all about manipulation these days. Slick logos and branding. Pre-arranged questions from plants in the audience. And now, handing out white coats to an audience of medical professionals at the White House to give the appearance that four out of five doctors who chew gum recommend - oh, wait. That's a different commercial.

Instead of Abortion, Consider Adoption

There are good medical reasons for abortion - such as ending a tubular pregnancy - but "inconvenience" or "family planning" are not included. The letters of Jewel Pullen on Sept. 30 and of Niki Waller on Oct. 2 hold that the only options are abortion or an unwanted baby that will be a burden on society, and that pro-lifers do not care about the born. These letters as well as the replies by Brian Martin and Catherine S. Minor on Oct. 5 do not mention a third option: adoption.

Harrisburg Shotgun Incident Is Fishy

Maybe I'm a bit of a cynic, but does anyone else not see the irony of a convicted drug dealer accusing community activist Butch Palmer of aiming a gun at him ("Man accuses candidate Palmer of pointing gun," Sept. 30)? I may not agree with everything Palmer has said in the past, but this is a man who is trying to better his neighborhood by getting rid of the drug dealers and others who threaten its neighbors. And now a convicted drug dealer is pressing charges against him for what seems t...

When Is Rape Not Rape?

When the Olympics arrive in Rio de Janeiro in 2016, perhaps they ought to add a new sport in honor of Hollywood and its hangers-on: mental gymnastics. You may not believe the contortions some of those folks are twisting themselves into in order to defend and explain away Roman Polanski's sexual assault of a 13-year-old now that he's finally in custody for it.

Evans Post Office Dropped the Ball

This letter concerns what I feel is gross inefficiency at the Evans post office. Recently my next-door neighbors went on vacation. Before they left, they submitted an electronic "hold mail" request to the U.S. Postal Service for that period with a resume date of Oct. 3. During the week they were gone, I noticed I was not getting my mail as I should have been. I was expecting several checks and a bill.