Letters to the Editor  

TO THE EDITORS:
Traffic circles (roundabouts) in heavy-traffic areas do not work. As a truck driver, the idea of having one placed at routes 30 and 896 is definitely not a good idea. They might work in the country, but not where there is heavy traffic.
When trying to get a truck around one, it is ...

TO THE EDITORS:
I usually look forward to Wednesdays when I can read staff writer Larry Alexander's very funny and entertaining columns. But the one, "Straight talk on gay unions," was neither funny nor entertaining.
North Carolinians, by their vote, have simply affirmed what their Const...

TO THE EDITORS:
I'm happy that Americans have the right to amend the Constitution. Sadly, they don't use that right.
For example, the Second Amendment, which tentatively gave rights to a militia to bear arms, causes debate. No matter how you would like to interpret the exact wording, it does not s...

To INTELL Editors:
When a mistake is made, a person of integrity understands that he or she has to face the consequences. I was prepared to "take my lumps" last week after my office sent an embarrassingly out-of-date letter to a constituent.
Predictably, my opponents in the Democratic Pa...

TO NEW ERA EDITORS:
Perhaps your newspaper should devote more effort to guiding today's young people than to trying to persuade older readers to vote for the Republican presidential candidate. Your choice of words throughout "Young Romney's dumb behavior," trivializes an incident of sever...

TO THE EDITORS:
After reading Mr. William "Hoosier' Smith's letter, May 10, I found myself more confused than informed. I had more questions than answers. I knew I wanted to counter his points, as you would ordinarily do when refuting something you've heard or read and don't agree with. But Mr...

TO THE EDITORS:
Be responsible and keep everyone safe was the message that area teens and their parents got to experience first-hand in a terrific defensive-driving program designed by Doug Herber, owner/driver and founder of BRAKES (Be Responsible Keep Everyone Safe).
The Manheim Lions Club and l...

TO THE EDITORS:
The Hand Middle School meeting, introducing to parents this summer's Exit Lancaster program for their children, convinced me the time has come to share my discoveries.
The parents came in hordes, it seemed, with smiling anticipation and clear appreciation for the new adventures and...

TO THE EDITORS:
Thursday, May 10, I saw the play "August: Osage County" at the Fulton. The play was R-rated, appropriately so. It was brilliantly written and acted, and although only one set and 190 minutes long, the dialogue was riveting from beginning to end. Sadly, the theater appeared...

TO THE EDITORS:
I am interested in options such as Steve Hollinger's, who rants against gays and, in particular, gay marriage. How does this threaten him?
I do not understand why, as a Christian, he is so intolerant. Would it not be more effective to lead through example and show kindness? How doe...