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City residents, workers deserve apology after alleged noose hoaxNow that LaTarsha Brown has been charged with making a false report regarding an alleged hate crime, will the activists that held protests calling for justice and accountability and calling the incident a hate crime gather again to admit they may have been wrong? They had no problem quickly organizing a protest based on nothing more than hearsay, proof and evidence be damned. I call that Al Sharpton Syndrome (see Tawana Brawley.)I interact with people of all colors and creeds on an everyday basis and I have never had a problem with any one of them.
We are all doing the same thing — working hard to provide for our families, raising our children the right way and living the right way. I’m not sure why Brown would allegedly resort to this hoax but all the people who work in City Hall and were under suspicion should receive an apology, and the ongoing investigation should be ended.Stephen KuhnsMacungiePresident Trump fails to protect our ally UkraineIn 1962, President John Kennedy told our enemy, Soviet Union Prime Minister Nikita Khrushchev, to get his missiles out of Cuba.
In the 1980s, President Ronald Reagan told our enemy, Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev, to tear down the Berlin Wall.In 2025, instead of telling our enemy, Russian President Vladimir Putin, to get his troops out of Ukraine, President Trump tells our ally, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, to get out of the White House.So after Putin gets what he wants and thousands of Ukrainian soldiers died defending their country, the war will end.
But at what cost to Ukraine?Bob MolchanBethlehemTrump administration cuts will not mean economic reformThank you to The Morning Call for covering the cuts to U.S. agencies.
Widespread cuts of federal jobs and cuts in funding for farmers, veterans and others are not going to lead us into economic reform. Do you know someone suffering from these cuts? Is this how we support our communities? Are tariffs going to lead us into recession or as history proves a depression? Where are the savings from these cuts going? Follow the money and we will see who benefits.I do not care who you voted for or what party you support.
It is time to speak out, vote and write letters to ask our legislators to have the courage to fight for their constituents. Stop the cuts hurting Americans and our global economy. It is time to support the people of the United States.
Each of us needs some kind of support from the government: health care, elder care, disability care, family support, educational support, loan support and retirement. We need to come together and speak up and support the common good.Sharon L.
Wiles-YoungBethlehemHeadlines reveal unintentional ironyTwo headlines on the same page in the March 27 edition of The Morning Call stand in stark contrast to each other: “Have we forgotten the virtue of saying thank you?” “Will top 10% step up as money tightens and Americans suffer?”How ironic. Yes, many of us have reason to be grateful. But what about our homeless, our senior citizens struggling with dementia, farmers trying to supply food banks, veterans in VA hospitals?Our billionaire leaders have so much.
Do they ever consider the rest of us? Rather than golfing, have they ever worked a soup kitchen for a full day? Instead of a cocktail hour, how about a cup of tea with someone in a nursing home.Alice YeakelNazarethTrump tariffs hurting U.S.
economyThank you, President Trump, your tariffs on automobiles made my buying decision easier. I’ll keep my present vehicle. I’m sure this will help our auto dealers, who won’t be getting a sale, a salesperson who won’t be getting a commission, a service department that won’t be getting a new vehicle to prep and of course the finance company that won’t be getting interest payments.
Great job, keep it up.Larry KistlerSouth Whitehall TownshipPatrimonialism doesn’t belong in United StatesJonathan Rauch, an astute contributor to The Atlantic, recently wrote “One Word Describes Trump.”It isn’t autocracy, oligarchy or monarchy.
It is instead what scholars call patrimonialism. Although everyone knows presidents swear an oath to the Constitution and not a person, Donald Trump has declared, “He who saves his country does not violate any law.” The word “patrimonialism” itself, from “father,” is a system of governing based only on loyalty and rewarding friends and punishing enemies.
Parenthetically, this behavior is found not only in governments but also in street gangs and criminal organizations.Until Jan. 20, the best example of patrimonialism was Russian President Putin.
At first, bureaucracies and companies prospered under him, but the real governing principle was “stay on Putin’s good side ...
or else.” Using propaganda and lies, Putin and now Trump share the position of the “boss of bosses.”Another point Rauch makes is that this type of rule bypasses legalities and stacks important positions with nonentities, hacks and only loyalists.
Eventually governments’ best people either leave or are driven out.Chaos results. Corruption reigns.
Consider that Jan. 6 rioters were pardoned since they were on Trump’s side.Rausch suggests that everyone including Congress must hammer home the message that the boss is corrupt.
Patrimonialism doesn’t belong in America.Tom KushinkaHilltown TownshipHere’s to you, Susan WildAfter reading Rep. Ryan Mackenzie’s answers in his interview with The Morning Call, I only wonder, “Where have you gone, Susan Wild? Our nation turns its lonely eyes to you.
”Stephen VengroveBethlehemThe Morning Call publishes letters from readers online and in print several times a week. Submit a letter to the editor at [email protected].
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