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Letters To The Editor

Leonard Pitts Provided A Welcome View

To The Reader’s Forum: I don’t know when Leonard Pitts wrote his “retirement” column, which appeared in the P-J on 12/24/22. I have found his opinions to be unique and a great addition to the regular opinion columns appearing in the P-J. His perspective on the unresolved issues ...

The Media May Be Doing Its Job On Hunter Biden Laptop Story

To The Reader’s Forum: Today’s P-J had an opinion piece that put the “media” on what I’ll call a “hit list” over their alleged failure to give prominence to “Hunter Biden’s laptop” and alleged FBI interference in the 2020 election. Thus, the “media” should be perceived ...

Why Spend Dollars Globally When There Is So Much Need Here?

To The Reader’s Forum: I read the article in The Post-Journal about “City Prepares For Opening Of Emergency Homeless Sheltering.” I was happy to see that someone was doing something to help our homeless population. Stop and think about the millions and billions of dollars we give other ...

Telling Gun Violence Stories Is Good, But Talk About Solutions, Too

To The Reader’s Forum: PBS aired a documentary on October 5 called “Ricochet”, which showed how gun violence affected people - the brother of a deceased suicide victim, parent and sister of a young man who died by suicide, parents of young woman who died at a mass shooting in a theater, ...

Thanks To Those Working On Women’s Shelter In Jamestown

To The Reader’s Forum: I am so pleased to see a women’s shelter being established in Jamestown so women with mental health, drug, physical, financial issues will know there is a place with a warm, dry bed to sleep on - if only a cot, bathroom and laundry facilities available - and social ...

Government Has Far Too Much Control Over Our Money

To The Reader’s Forum: Nobody seems to know anything about economics and nobody thinks anything through. Your editorial on October 5 muses over the wisdom of the minimum wage and how it may or may not help the poor. If your work brings your employer more than he pays you, you keep your ...