Helping pets
In the wake of Pet Appreciation Week, we can all honor the human-animal bond by supporting our local animal shelter. Local animal shelters play a pivotal role in our communities, tirelessly caring for homeless animals and providing them with shelter, medical aid, and the chance for a better life. These shelters are powered by devoted volunteers and staff members working selflessly to advance animal welfare.
Shelters need the help, too. Many people think the ASPCA and the Humane Society of the United States are national offices for local shelters. They aren’t, despite the similar names, and these national organizations spend more on raising funds than on grants to local shelters.
Consider volunteering your time, donating essential supplies, or even adopting a pet in need. Small things can make a big difference in the life of a pet in need of a home.
Will Coggin
Managing director, Help Pet Shelters
Trump vote
After reading the Department of Justice’s 49-page, 37-count indictment against former President Donald Trump regarding his handling of classified documents after leaving office, I remain thankful that a vote for Donald Trump for president will never be listed on my resume of life.
Mike Rice
Wellfleet
Indictment
With the caveat that both sides of a dispute must be heard before a legal decision is determined, it certainly seems as if the scales of justice are altered with respect to Donald Trump, leastways for an indictment, the weights and measures being assessed differently from those which were utilized for Hillary Rodham Clinton and, almost certainly, will be used for President Biden’s burgeoning legal difficulties. Political shenanigans are one thing, but when the innards of our justice system are mangled to achieve indictments, the first step on a very slippery slope to autocracy is set in motion. If Mr. Trump is guilty, then by all means throw the book at him buy, for the sake of our republic, the scales of justice must be evenly measured.
Paul Bloustein
Cincinnati, Ohio
Classified docs
Former president and front running republican candidate Donald John Trump indicted on at least 7 federal charges by Department of Justice – are you kidding me, what about President Joseph Robinette Biden and former Vice President Michael Richard Pence having classified documents? Here’s what the Bible says about hate, 1 John 2:9 “Whoever says he is in the light and hates his brother is still in the darkness “. What in God’s name is going on?
Tony Meschini
Scituate
