Opinion
How about some respect for all athletes
Editor’s note: Bob Clark coached the Tuscola boys and girls discus and shotput athletes for the past three seasons. Prior to that he coached the boys and girls throwers for four seasons at Waynesville Middle School. Six of those seven years he was a volunteer.
This spring Tuscola High School’s principal, accompanied by the athletic director (AD), threw $30,000 of taxpayer money away to change the color suggested for the new Tuscola track.
Dictator for a day, or president for life?
To the Editor:
Former President Donald Trump is known to be an admirer of autocratic rulers, particularly President Xi Jinping of China. According to CNN, when Trump heard that Xi was about to be gifted a constitutional amendment that would eliminate term limits for the president, Trump was reported to have said “He’s now president for life, and he’s great.
Got workers? Thank immigrants
To the Editor:
Why are people so afraid of immigrants, treating them as the other while regularly slandering and marginalizing them? The truth is immigrants contribute greatly to our work force and our economy, paying into Social Security and Medicare with no hope of benefitting from the programs.
Court wrong on immunity ruling
To the Editor:
The convicted (but yet to be sentenced) felon who sent an armed mob bent on mayhem to attack the U.S. Capitol in a desperate attempt to overturn the legitimate results of the 2020 Presidential election returned to the scene of the crime on Thursday, June 13, and was welcomed with open arms by members of the “values” party, the once proud defender of “law and order,” the Grand Old Party (you remember), the party whose members fled in panic three years ago last January less they be killed (or in the case of the vice president, hung) on a scaffold erected just outside the United States Capitol (Whew!).
Gullible Republicans are a problem
To the Editor:
I was really not surprised that a once-responsible political organization allowed its representative to peddle hilarious falsehoods. Mr. Stello, chairman of the Haywood County Republican Party, claimed that volunteers for the Democratic Party are being paid by foreign organizations (From the August 7 edition of The Mountaineer).
Time to cancel ‘cancel culture’
To the Editor:
The rise of cancel culture has sparked controversies and raised concerns over the impact of digital condemnation.
MDMA will, eventually, help many with PTSD
As the executive director of the nonprofit Pearl Institute here in Waynesville, I wanted to express my gratitude to The Smoky Mountain News for the feature story written by Cory Vaillancourt about the recent decision by the FDA to request more research into using the drug MDMA in combination with therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Public radio called, and I tuned in
During a recent morning drive to Asheville, I felt a yearning to listen to National Public Radio (NPR). Typically my phone automatically connects to Bluetooth and a random song from Spotify plays from the speakers.
Biden and Trump have major flaws
To the Editor:
Glenn Duerr certainly painted an ugly picture of Donald Trump while making Joe Biden look like an angel with wings. People tend to do that when they hate someone. They also ignore the faults of those they love and who agree with them. Let's be honest — Biden has major flaws.
