Opinion
Societal changes causing increase in lonely people
Over the past decade, the United States has become a less violent country in every way save one. As Americans commit fewer and fewer crimes against other people’s lives and property, they have become more likely to inflict fatal violence on themselves. In the 1990s, the suicide rate dipped with ...
Differing views on traffic cameras, obesity
I’ve contacted our state reps and advised that we support the (traffic) cameras and the intended use. Anyone involved in safety (I was for 50 years) should understand the benefits.Many citizens regularly violate speed limits, roll through stop signs and speed up when they see a yellow caution light — ...
Readers come down on both sides of the issue in IRS scandal
I am retired from my position of senior disability evaluation specialist for the Social Security Disability program in West Virginia since 2005.My experience with working directly with federal laws and regulations in that specialized program informs me that federal agencies may create specialized work groups when dealing with an application ...
‘Don’t think for a moment journalists don’t feel guilt or disgust’
I went to bed in great spirits Monday night.The nine-year odyssey was over for the families of Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight. The girls were safe. Their nightmare was over.But I awoke at 3 a.m. with a chill. A spooky thought strangled me.Did I once walk past that ...
Ways to reduce college debt
Re “Millions eligible for loan revision,” April 22: I’ve been reading about the problem of Americans owing more than $1 trillion in student loans and the federal income-based repayment program, as well as comments from Lauren Asher, president of the Institute for College Access & Success.I am a University of ...
Waiting for the day when a person’s sexual orientation is unremarkable
I heard a lot of talk Monday about how “perfect” Jason Collins, the basketball player who just came out, is. Perfect as in straight from central casting. (Or maybe I should say gay from central casting.) He went to college at Stanford. Roomed there with Joe Kennedy III. Was in ...
How do you feel about Internet tax?
If you’re like me, you probably make a lot of purchases online these days, using websites like Amazon and eBay. Have you noticed that you often do not pay sales tax on those online purchases, as you would at a local brick-and-mortar store? Well, those days may soon be coming ...
Reactions to Boston bombings
The American public is justified in being horrified after the bombing in Boston. It was a cruel act that cast a shadow of horror and terror over the lives of many people.A balanced reaction to that tragedy should be to work to prevent any repetition of it anywhere. Such resolve ...
Argument for austerity based on an Excel error
In this age of information, math errors can lead to disaster. NASA’s Mars Orbiter crashed because engineers forgot to convert to metric measurements; JPMorgan Chase’s “London Whale” venture went bad in part because modelers divided by a sum instead of an average. So, did an Excel coding error destroy the ...
Gold has hardly been a safe investment
News flash: Recent declines in the price of gold, which is off about 17 percent from its peak, show that this price can go down as well as up. You may consider this an obvious point, but, as an article in The Times on Thursday reports, it has come as ...
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