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It’s easy to feel depressed and scared these days. News about the impact and death toll of the new coronavirus, COVID-19, is constant. Government responses have been chaotic, ranging from near-indifference to suddenly shutting down the economy, with politicians offering to pay for ...
This is a tale of two governments. Both were faced with a potential disaster — a new and deadly epidemic. Both made choices that the world will judge. China. The virus made its first appearance in a Wuhan “wet market,” an emporium (apparently common in China) that featured live and ...
My, these aging men with their bright ideas. First, it was the president, who has been openly contradicting medical experts with his pining for an early end to social distancing. This would threaten the lives of millions of Americans during the pandemic. Oh, well. As he said, via tweet ...
“We have it totally under control. It’s going to be just fine.” — Donald Trump, Jan. 22, 2020 “One day — it’s like a miracle — it will disappear.” — Donald Trump, Feb. 27, 2020 “Anybody that wants a test can get a test.” — Donald Trump, March 6, 2020 “No, I ...
When it comes to loosening our social-distance requirements and other measures designed to fight COVID-19, the country should take its guidance from health experts, not President Donald Trump. That said, it is wise for public leaders — both Republicans and Democrats — to start talking ...
Kansas needs to start voting by mail immediately. Our democracy may hang in the balance. With the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of subsiding, elections may become very complicated this August and November. Turnout may be low. Seven states have already responded to the pandemic by ...
A few words on the quiet death of an Italian priest. His name was Father Giuseppe Berardelli, and he served in Casnigo, a small village not far from Milan. He was 72 and died in a hospital of the novel coronavirus. This was on March 15, though reports are just now filtering out. Again, it ...
To the editor: Leonard Krishtalka’s lament (March 25 Journal-World) about lack of science behind President Donald Trump’s coronavirus policy is ill-advised. If Trump insists on taking over the Coronavirus Task Force as a replacement for his larger political rallies, as it appears he has, ...
To the editor: Though filled with self-proclaimed Christian love, Carl Burkhead’s March 23 letter to the editor is quick to assign hatred as being in the hearts of those with whom he disagrees. In this case, his target is Michael Gerson, who he claims holds a “passionate hatred” for ...
To the editor: We are immersed in a great challenge — for many of us, maybe the greatest challenge of our lifetime. This is a time in which many may find themselves engaged in reflection about the leadership of our country. To that end, I offer these words from highly respected former ...
To the editor: I just want to thank the Journal-World staff for being there. In the current peculiar situation, we have almost nothing scheduled, nothing required. Days of the week have lost their significance. It is pleasing and reassuring to maintain the ritual of going to the driveway ...
To the editor: “President (Donald) Trump said on Tuesday that he wanted to reopen the U.S. for business by Easter, on April 12, saying he believed that a crippled economy and forced social isolation would do more harm than the spread of the virus. Public health experts said that lifting the ...
To the editor: Thank you, Journal-World, for providing us so much valuable information. Thank you for digging out details and clarification of official statements that are sometimes incomplete or vague. Thank you for letting us know so much of what is happening locally and providing ...
To grasp how fully this administration and its sycophants have abandoned basic science, look no further than the coronavirus crisis engulfing the country. Exhibit 1 is the president, who has rejected scientific facts, renounced medical reality, rebuffed his own experts and tried to sell America ...
Life has changed. All that is critically important to each of us is now more clearly in focus. Life is precious. Family and community are treasured gifts, more central to life than we may have realized in the busy and hectic days before life changed. The unknowns, the worries, the concerns ...
To the editor: The problem is the availability of money. People out of work don’t get paychecks and won’t have money. Our economic model presumes we’re always going full speed. It’s like driving the same speed, full speed, no matter the conditions. If the economic spin rate stops, or ...
Dear Editor: Michael Gerson's passionate hatred for President Trump reached a new level when he lamented that Republican senators missed an opportunity to put Vice President Pence into that position if they would have supported the House's impeachment decision. It seems strange to be ...
To the editor: Several letters have addressed sidewalk issues. My experience with the city staff involved the new sidewalk along 15th Street east of Haskell. As the sole landowner, during the planning of this sidewalk I was never consulted by the outside architectural firm, which drew up the ...
To the editor: Recently, as I was saying gratitude prayers for the unified efforts of our local and state governments for taking such decisive actions to protect our health and safety, an article about our Republican legislators curbing Governor Kelly's powers caught my attention. I learned ...
The University of Kansas and several other government entities and businesses in the Lawrence area deserve credit for how they are treating their employees during these trying times. KU leaders came out relatively quickly to explain that employees of the university will continue to be paid, ...
