SCPD Member’s Letter to the Editor Published in Akron Beacon Journal
Be reasonable on gun laws In the May 19 letter “Learn about the true NRA,” the writer urges students to not be misled about gun violence and the National Rifle…
Unite behind accountability
Published January 7, 2017 in The Akron Beacon Journal
Trump supporters should help those of us who are not fluent in Trumpese. Many letters and op-eds claim to differentiate the literal from the hype in the president-elect’s Tweets and speeches.
“Doyle McManus wrote that we should give Trump a chance to normalize himself (“ ‘Normalize’ Trump,” Dec. 23). The learning curve is high. It does not mean giving Trump a break but subjecting him to tough scrutiny, holding him to high standards and judging him against his own promises. In other words, treating him like a normal president.
Putin in charge
Published December 17, 2016 in the Akron Beacon Journal At a time when our intelligence agencies should be planning a proportionate counter cyber-attack against Russia, our president-elect Donald Trump, who…
What He Really Said
Published October 29, 2016 in the Akron Beacon Journal
While I have learned to ignore the flood of negative campaign mailers, I received one from the Ohio Republican Party that seemed truly bizarre. It claimed that Casey Weinstein, candidate for state representative in the 37th District, opposed education funding.
It used a quote from the candidate’s website that said, “Our state wasted $1 billion of taxpayer money.” I could not believe that a candidate for either party would oppose education spending. I looked on Weinstein’s website, and the full quote was, “Our state wasted $1 billion of taxpayer money on unaccountable charter schools and I find this to be unacceptable.”
No more U.S. troops in Iraq
Published Oct. 10, 2016 in the Akron Beacon Journal
Prior to the debate between the two major-party vice presidential candidates, I was not aware that the United States now has 15,000 troops in Iraq, down from 175,000 in 2009.
As a result, American loss of life and limb are significantly less than when the U.S. invasion force was a continued insult to millions of Iraqis.
We sometimes forget we invaded Iraq under false pretenses. Iraqis did not greet us as liberators, contrary to the expectations of then-Vice President Dick Cheney. Most folks agree that we wouldn’t do it again knowing what we know now.