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NCAA fouls out

EDITOR: On the topic of male-to-female transgender athletes competing with biologic females, persons smarter than I have said this issue can be discussed in five categories: 1. Science; 2. Morality; 3. Ethics; 4. Popularity; and 5. Power. In this letter, I will confine myself to science. I actually have special knowledge about musculoskeletal development, but no particular knowledge about morality, ethics, popularity, or power. The National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCCA), on approximately January 19, 2022, issued confusing new rules concerning participation in sports by ...

Roe vs. Wade

EDITOR: This letter is in response to “Roe vs. Wade” First lets get this out — rich women get an abortion any time they need one. No questions asked. That is anyone with enough money. That leaves women who are too poor to fly out of state to get the procedure. Whether it is rape, incest by a family member, unable to feed another child or danger to the mother’s life no woman makes this decision lightly. That Ms. Carlson feels she has the right to tell another person what to do with his or her body amazes me. Yes, I said “his.” Many men refuse to be vaccinated with ...

One small dip at a time

EDITOR: There seems to be a layer of soot covering our country during these times of COVID, political divide, the absence of civility in conversations with differing opinions. My how we have descended into a remarkable divisiveness and frustration. Anger has become the overwhelming default for so many of us. I have no idea how this environment can reverse itself, or if it ever will. Perhaps individually we could take small steps and dip our toe into a pond of tolerance just to try it out, and maybe, just maybe, it may bring a sense of comfort and eventually become more normal than ...

Plead the Fifth

EDITOR: Right Wing conspiracy theorist and Trump supporter, Alex Jones was recently questioned under oath by the congressional committee investigating the January 6, 2021 insurrection. Afterward, he told reporters he had “plead the Fifth, nearly 100 times.” That’s a lot of pleading from a bombastic guy who spends so much time shouting, pointing fingers, and accusing others of wrongdoing. Why would Jones repeatedly plead the Fifth? Ratified on December 15, 1791 the Fifth Amendment bans double jeopardy and illegal search and seizure and guarantees due process under the ...

Roe vs Wade decision

EDITOR: Today January 22, 2022, Right to Life of Delta County and citizens in our country are remembering and mourning the tragic death of over 61 million precious unborn babies who died from legal abortion. As I look back to 49 years ago today, January 22, 1973 I was very disappointed when it was announced that the Supreme Court of the United States of America ruled in their Roe vs Wade decision that unborn babies could be legally killed by abortion. The unborn were no longer legal persons having no rights or protections under our constitution. Their god given talents and gifts can ...

Mask use

EDITOR: On November 30, 2021, The Daily Press ran a letter from me in which I ranked the effectiveness of masks for reducing the spread of COVID. In summary, I said that N95 masks were very good. KN95 masks were very good, surgical masks were somewhat good, and cloth masks were ineffective. This incited three letters of rebuttal, criticizing my analysis. Tuesday January 11, the Washington Post (a left-of-center news outlet) reported that, “The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is weighing […] recommending Americans opt for masks health care workers traditionally wear ...