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Food Security Is National Security

To The Reader’s Forum: Farmers know adversity well. Dealing with the unknown is part of the very nature of what we do every day. Whether it is the weather, fluctuating commodity prices or the issues that come with running a small business, we take what we are dealt and make the best of it. Therefore, New Yorkers should be confident that farmers will help get us through these uncertain times as we confront the COVID-19 pandemic. People rushed to the grocery stores to stock up, but they shouldn’t worry that we will run out of food. Americans are blessed with a productive ...

Be Respectful And Socially Distance

To The Reader’s Forum: During this difficult time we all should remember to respect and care for others. This is written after a shopping trip to Wegmans. We went at 8:30 am trying to avoid a crowd since we are senior adults. There were more people than expected but you could still manage the 6 foot distancing if you tried. It was obvious many people didn’t try or even think about it as they rushed by. Others were very courteous as we tried to be. The shelves were ridiculously empty for being 8:30 am. When we went to check out there were lines everywhere. We stood in line ...

Rebuttal To ‘Man Of Faith Should Not Defend Trump’

To The Reader’s Forum: I contend that a “man of faith,” yes, even a pastor, Betty, is free to defend President Donald J Trump if he so chooses. Christians are not following Trump but are followers of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior. Pastor Mel is an intelligent man of high integrity. He doesn’t preach politics from the pulpit, only Biblical truths. He has the right to voice his political opinions publicly, whether or not anyone agrees with him! As a politically conservative Christian, I support Donald Trump for the following reasons: nothing in his past disqualified him ...

Remember, We Are All In This Together

To The Reader’s Forum: There are a lot of people grumbling about the closings and cancellations around the country and even in our areas where we are barely affected so far. What you are not understanding is that the purpose of this is to stay ahead of the virus and try to stop it from spreading. You quote all the statistics about flu, etc. etc., but whether you agree or not, this has been declared a pandemic and precautions must be taken. We do not want to become China or Italy. You are right that it will barely keep most of us down even if we got the virus, but anyone ...

Just Ask Yourself This One Question

To The Reader’s Forum: Forget about being a conservative or liberal. Forget specific issues or events. Try not to insult each other (at least this one time). Just help me with this one question — do you think Donald Trump, the person, is fit to be our President? Michael Looker, Lakewood

Science Classroom Explores Realities Of Climate Change

To The Reader’s Forum: I was delighted to read about the climate-change projects completed by Thomas Jefferson Middle School 7th graders. Congratulations to them and to their teacher in the AT science class. They combined art, communication, and interdisciplinary research and created a teaching and learning product to be proud of. The project is similar to one recently completed by 7th graders in another Thomas Jefferson Middle School in my city, Madison, Wisconsin. These students created picture books about climate to read to elementary school students. It’s encouraging to see ...