November 8, 2009
Americans have waited long enough for adequate health care for all. Too many people are under-insured or uninsured. This is not only a shameful reflection on the priorities of our country, but it has been proven that, in the long run, it’s even more...
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The Greensboro Symphony is a wow! High Point University enjoyed a standing-room-only audience last week when the Greensboro Symphony performed in our Arts Center. Community leaders, faculty, students and visitors from the Gate City were treated to a magn...
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On June 5, White House Communications Director Anita Dunn told a group of high school students that one of her favorite political philosophers and the one that she turned to the most was Mao Zedong.
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Thank you for reporting on the closing of I-40 in Haywood County. While some may say, “Why bother? It’s 200 miles away,” I travel for a living and that is important information for me.
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We are in perilous times and you, News & Record, are not helping! You keep printing letters from those in favor of a public option in health care, yet more than 50 percent do not want this. We have seen what the government has done with some other pro...
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Well, well, well. Here we go again with the making of another grand fiasco. I’m referring to the proposed coliseum amphitheater. Why can’t our elected and appointed officials communicate on the same wavelength? Or don’t they care?
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I have been with and without decent benefits, as have my college-educated and working grown children. I have a co-worker who has horrible insurance through work that is expensive, has a high deductible and only pays 60 percent of any real medical care or...
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This is question for our judges and newly elected officials concerning the hit-and-run death of David Sherman: How does a driver charged with death by motor vehicle, hit and run, and driving with license revoked get a $5,000 unsecured bond? Even after a h...
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Your Oct. 19 article regarding red yeast rice failed to mention that on Aug. 9, 2007, the Food and Drug Administration issued a warning letter regarding red yeast rice supplements. I suggest that your readers visit the FDA’s Web site for more inform...
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November 7, 2009
I never knew the cyclist, Dave Sherman, who was tragically killed Oct. 24, but having attended his funeral, I wish I had. What a wonderful man Greensboro lost that day.
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In the current atmosphere of fear in our country around H1N1, germs and danger, I was dismayed to see the front-page picture of a UNCG student getting his shot (Oct. 30). This is not the picture I would choose if I were encouraging folks to get this vacci...
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The article titled, “Poll: Only 52 percent plan to get swine flu shot,” grossly underestimates the number of people who have suffered from the 2009 influenza A (H1N1) virus. Rather than “nearly 25,000 people have contracted the flu so fa...
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I offer a sincere thank you to the voters of Greensboro who believed in my candidacy and supported me with your votes and endorsements. I appreciate you from the bottom of my heart.
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On the front page of today’s paper was the lead-in: “Rep. Foxx says health bill scarier than terrorism,” which led me to think that, perhaps, even more scary might just be — Virginia Foxx.Francis J. McCormackGreensboro
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Twenty-seven men is a wonderful start. From July to October, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Greensboro and other local BBBS programs participated in a national campaign to find “100 Men in 100 Days” to be matched with young males in need...
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