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Letters to the editor

Open letter to our elected representative

To the editor: Open letter to Elise Stefanik, since there will never be an in-person Town Hall. The current political and economic chaos is carefully planned and intentional (Project 2025). Please explain to me how you are not part of a conspiracy to subvert the Constitution? ¯ ...

In support of Medical Aid in Dying

To the editor: I have worked as a Registered Nurse for 28 years and am a proud member of the New York State Nurses Association. NYSNA is New York’s largest nursing union, representing most of the area hospitals including Adirondack Health, CVPH, Alice Hyde, and Canton Potsdam. Last ...

Walk in their shoes

To the editor: President Trump’s callous, egomaniac hatchet man Elon Musk (worth $351 billion as of March 25) stated “the fundamental weakness of Western civilization is empathy.” Of the many purveyors of this “weakness,” the most notable was the carpenter Jesus of ...

The price of eggs

To the editor: I bet that everyone who reads this knows someone who’s been hurt by Trump’s and Musk’s random acts of violence. — My son is a medical researcher. His salary isn’t funded by the government but the clinical trials he oversees are funded by the National Institute of ...

They voted for it

To the editor: Alison King’s letter to the editor “Protect Medicaid, families and hospitals,” (March 22) compels me to respond. I am sympathetic towards her concerns: losing Medicaid coverage for 92,000 children, 4,300 pregnant moms and loss of a medical safety net for 2,700 ...

Grateful for Food Justice Summit

To the editor: The Adirondack Food System Network (AFSN) hosted the biggest installment of the Food Justice Summit to date in February, a gathering that brought together over 180 individuals representing more than 100 organizations at The Wild Center in Tupper Lake. This event drew ...