Sad to see children at Trump's NC rally

Having grown up in the late 1940s, '50s and '60s, it is fair to say we are the first TV generation. As children, teens and young adults, we saw many frightening images on television: Baptist church bombing where four little girls were killed; beatings; attack dogs and firehoses turned on American citizens because they were just seeking civil rights and some common decency; body bags coming home weekly from Vietnam; images of John McCain and other POW heroes and brave warriors who were fortunate to come home from a flawed war; Kent State; assassinations; more recently Charlottesville, school and other mass shootings; kids in cages; sitting senators calling some Americans a bunch of communists, not only in 1950 but also 2019; and so many more frightening images.

Yes, television has also offered us many images of Americans responding to the better angels of the human spirit: kindness; tolerance; generosity; aiding those in danger and in need; helping others, animals and the environment; caring for neighbors, friends and strangers; and images of compassion and love.

But watching that image in a North Carolina arena and hearing that chant brought back the very frightening images we saw on TV growing up. Although it doesn’t rise to the same level as deaths, brutality, injustice and violence, it was and is extremely scary and vile.

We spent most of our adult lives teaching children. So as sad as it was watching and hearing the adults in that arena, it broke our hearts to see the children there.

Robert and Rose Maher



Thank you to governor and PSE&G

Thank you, Gov. Murphy, for leaving the senior freeze at $87,000 income limit. The previous governor lowered it to $70,000, hurting many seniors.

Also, a big thank-you to the PSE&G employees who worked all night in the rain to get our electric back on. What a happy surprise when our power came on the next morning.

John Hofflinger



Mueller made it clear he can't exonerate Trump

How about including the truth that Robert Mueller doesn't have the power to exonerate President Trump. It is not in his purview, as he said over 100 times.

You've hit a new low in the fake news business. I also won't be renewing this paper. Hope what little advertisers you have left are happy.

David Brennan