Speak Out 10/26/15

Agree with Polack

Robert Polack's tribute to independent doctor-provided medicine, sometimes referred to as concierge medicine, was among the most sincere endorsement of a type of practice provided by an independent M.D. It is a spreading form of providing medical care, from Cape Cod to California and, yes, to Cape Girardeau, MO.

Hillary strategy

I know how Hillary Clinton can be prevented from becoming the next president! They could have her continually testify about Benghazi for the next 8 years.

Smokers, bus stop

I cannot understand parents who smoke at the elementary school bus stop. They are exposing more than just their own children to secondhand smoke. Not everyone can tolerate being around the smoke, but nothing can be done about it because the district says it is their right to smoke. What about the rights of others to breathe clean air while waiting for the school bus? On some days, four or five parents are smoking at one bus stop.

Dragoni

Thanks to columnist Jack Dragoni for accurately pointing out that the highly prestigious and respected Association of the U.S. Army accurately pointed out that the Republican controlled U.S. Congress is " ... the greatest threat to military preparedness by its lack of action addressing and funding related issues." Once again, Dragoni's nonpartisan, objective analysis of what's really going on in Washington runs circles around most of those syndicated columnists whose poor quality partisan propaganda sadly take up the majority of space on this page.

Red lights

Please, people, honor the red lights in the intersections. Everyone sitting at that intersection is just as important as you are. My mother was killed by a man who ran a red light. Where you are traveling is not more important than a person's life. There is not a day goes by that I don't see someone race through a red light. I can hardly restrain myself from following them and relating the nightmare of losing my mother to an incredibly selfish person who decided red lights are not important. I pray it's not your loved one or yourself that is killed next time for making a selfish decision.