Many things affect a person’s chance of getting cancer. These are called risk factors. Risk factors you can’t change include simply getting older. Most breast cancer is diagnosed in women ages 50 and older, and in people who have had breast cancer.…
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Letters To The Editor - Page 5
As critical as things are with this election, we the people still have a chance to save ourselves, our children, our grandchildren, future generations, our democracy and our country. Friends, this time, we can’t just sit home and assume things will be fine. We all need to cast our votes on November 5. This is probably the most important thing you or I will ever do.…
We do not need another mayor who is pressing on issues that are causing strife or a division with the people of the city. We need a mayor who listens to the people and to help bring unity back into the city.…
My intention behind this project is simple and pure: to create a space that will not only spread awareness about autism but also serve as a peaceful, green space for everyone in the community to enjoy. As a father and a local businessperson, I wanted to bring this initiative to Milford because it is where I live and my family lives, and where I believe good things can take root.…
The AR-15 is a semi-automatic rifle. This simply means that the trigger must be pulled each time a bullet is fired, just like many common hunting rifles. In order to fire 800 rounds a minute, the trigger would need to be pulled 800 times in a minute.…
It’s a convenient method to never have to refute embarrassing facts with actual evidence. It forces good people to become vulnerable to “alternative facts” and conspiracy theories. Chaos is the object of the game in the MAGA playbook.…
This is not only a New York State issue, but an issue on the global scale. However, total successful recycling in New York is about 20 percent, which is well under what should be considered acceptable—the national average is 32 percent. It is our job as citizens to help change this miserable statistic, at least in our state.…
Your decision to publish the anti-American, anti-Israeli screed written by Wriley Nelson is appalling. [The Partial Observer by Wriley Nelson, October 3, 2024, “J’accuse: Every American Has Palestinian Blood on Their Hands.”]…
In a fashion similar to Zola’s, Wriley Nelson presented a panorama of troubling facts and realities that have resulted in deadly and seriously excessive injustice toward Palestinians. Tragically, all too many people, seemingly in the interest of being somehow “correct” and “empathic,” choose to overlook and/or deny those injustices, and they condemn those who might want to recognize and respond to them.…
The big concern is with the new category, “age,” which includes minors, e.g., children. Passing this amendment could easily open the door to what the New York State legislature has already been trying to do: to allow children to make medical decisions for themselves, without parental knowledge or consent.…