No labels, you should!
I agree with Stephan Brigidi (“Remaining or right, let’s dwell and enable reside,” Commentary, Oct. 10). I never want to be labeled a liberal or conservative, leaning to the left or to the right. I’m an Independent. Convey to me the issue and I’ll tell you whether I consider in the liberal or conservative perspective. It relies upon on the difficulty.
Helen D’Ordine, North Providence
Still left and correct all around once more
I could not believe that the Stephan Brigidi column (“Left or suitable, let us live and allow are living,” Commentary, Oct. 10).
Crying about how the right will not acknowledge the still left. (As if the still left accepts anything at all that is ideal leaning. Definitely?) For most people today on the correct this election is a preference between democracy and socialism, and democracy is the very clear choice of folks on the right.
The Democrats have chosen the Bernie Sanders socialist system, Black Life Make any difference, open borders, sanctuary towns, defunding police, and so on. I really don’t concur with the still left but it is what it is. They are who they are. Most of my fellow conservatives DO dwell and let dwell, so quit whining, Mr. Brigidi … make sure you!
Elle Forte, Providence
Whitehouse embarrassed himself
I have been seeing the hearings in Congress about the nomination of Decide Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court docket.
On Tuesday, Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse humiliated himself and Rhode Island by going into a fully distinct route from the normal line of questioning. His full allotted time was taken up with charts and graphics exhibiting what he considered of how “dark dollars” was influencing the nomination of this remarkably skilled nominee.
Why does Rhode Island continue sending this thoroughly inept politician to the Senate year right after year?
He was so inept that his line of questioning even designed it on the nightly news, but not in a fantastic way.
Wake up, Rhode Island! Following time Senator Whitehouse will come up for reelection “Vote Him Out.”
Marie Heroux, North Smithfield
Putting the Barrett nomination in viewpoint
With regards to the AP report on Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse’s remarks that the nomination of Decide Amy Coney Barrett is a “judicial torpedo” (Information, Oct. 13) is unnecessarily inflaming the constitutional approach.
Barrett’s perspective that the judicial branch should only come to a decision written law and not make policy portends an impartial check out of the Economical Care Act, and even additional so Roe v. Wade. As a conservative choose, she would not want to interfere with legislative plan.
As to Roe v. Wade, it has been the apply of the U.S. Supreme Courtroom not to violate very long held societal mores. This is a primary basic principle of the Supreme Courtroom for generations.
It is customary from our Founders that the ruling social gathering select justices that are philosophically amenable to them. President John Adams appointed John Marshall main justice in the quite previous times of his administration.
Moses Mordecai Twersky, Providence
Streets in have to have of paving
In regards to Woonsocket’s mayoral race (“Town councilor challenges mayor in Woonsocket election,” Information, Oct. 13), Lisa Baldelli-Hunt is jogging on her history of paving streets?
Please … help save it, Lisa. The elderly and handicapped people of Dunlap Avenue, in need to have of protected travel, have pleaded with this administration for three a long time to resolve the deteriorated highway past paved in 1976. Much too numerous wheelchair and walker accidents and falls compelled us to acquire to communicate radio and acquire signatures to petition action, as you and your administration have consistently overlooked us.
Must be an election year, mayor, due to the fact the paving trucks are pulling into Dunlap Road, just three several years far too late with much too numerous injuries.
Shame on you, Lisa! I’m voting for Jon Brien.
Glen Simmons, Woonsocket
No civics education?
It came as a shock to me that Rhode Island learners do not have a appropriate to civics education and learning (“Judge policies from R.I. pupils asserting suitable to civics education and learning,” Information, Oct. 15).
General public education and learning exists for the goal of preparing people today to be excellent citizens capable to lead to the protecting of the democracy. What topic could be much more crucial to the accomplishment of that target?
Our youthful men and women have a appropriate to a free community training and programs in civics really should be a prerequisite in our significant colleges.
Judith Stenberg, East Greenwich
Trump’s injury will past for a long time
Even if we be successful in getting rid of Donald Trump from the White Residence in November, the destruction he has completed to this nation will previous for many years.
Ninety per cent of COVID-19 fatalities, according to the Washington Put up, are attributed to Trump’s inaction and incompetence.
As a local weather warming denier, he has performed irreparable hurt to the setting. In accordance to the New York Periods, Trump has rolled again or weakened around 100 environmental rules and principles created to protect land, drinking water, air, and even endangered wildlife.
He has enhanced the national personal debt by $6.6 trillion.
With his a few Supreme Court docket justices, he has most probably reversed Roe v. Wade and dismantled Obamacare. The latter will acquire well being protection away from 20 million People in america.
But possibly the finest damage Trump has finished is to the rule of regulation and to our self-assurance in democracy.
We People have been naive in believing that everyone elected to the lofty situation of president would do the proper issue, obey our regulations and abide by the pledge to uphold the Structure.
We by no means dreamed of a president who would use the place of work to enrich himself, use the attorney normal as his private attorney and use the Section of Justice to attack his enemies and cut down or do away with punishment for the crimes of his close friends.
Bernie Sanders is ideal, the coming election is a option involving Donald Trump and democracy.
Gordon Rowley, Wakefield
Sporting activities, sure, but spare me the politics
When I open up the sports pages of your newspaper, I count on to be totally free of the constant divisions concerning the politics of our occasions that are demonstrated in the other web pages of your publication. Sporting activities internet pages, as the heading states, must be about athletics.
Saturday morning’s paper commonly has a column by Invoice Reynolds. I have generally appeared forward to examining his column in excess of the several years. But in modern periods, I have been put off by Mr. Reynolds slipping in his political sights all over his writing.
Of system Mr. Reynolds is entitled to his viewpoints. But they really should be displayed, if the editorial team thinks they really should be printed, in a section of the newspaper that is significantly much more appropriate than the athletics webpages.
Dick Buckley, North Kingstown