To the editor: Columnist Jonah Goldberg discusses President Biden’s well being with none licensed medical experience. He solely has a political viewpoint to advertise (“History alone should have made more reporters skeptical about Biden’s health,” Could 20).
Conversely, that very same day The Occasions printed an excellent clarification of Biden’s sickness and therapy choices, which quotes respected medical consultants (“6 doctors on Biden’s cancer diagnosis, how it may have arisen and his treatment options,” Could 20). A type of is Dr. Sunil Patel, a urologic oncologist on the Johns Hopkins College of Medication. After an intensive clarification of Biden’s situation, he says, “I don’t suppose anybody can blame anybody by way of was this caught too late or something like that. This occurs not too sometimes.” The remainder of the article helps that evaluation.
Peggy Jo Abraham, Santa Monica
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To the editor: Sure, we ought to be paying nearer consideration to the well being of our getting older representatives. Clearly, Biden’s well being was failing, as his efficiency within the debate confirmed.
However, extra to the purpose, we want strictly enforced time period limits for all people who find themselves elected to workplace. The founding fathers by no means meant for elective workplace to be a lifetime occupation. You had been speculated to “serve your nation” after which return to personal life, no matter that is likely to be. Now, senators and representatives seemingly do no matter they need to with a purpose to stay in workplace.
To implement and preserve time period limits would require the individuals affected by the laws to really vote for one thing that might take away their lofted positions. Regrettably, this might be unlikely to ever occur.
Getting old has no dependable timetable. I communicate from expertise about that. However all individuals answerable for serving the residents of our nation ought to be involved with the way forward for our nation, not the way forward for their livelihood. Time period limits can be a serious step in the best route.
Peter Marquard, Northridge
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To the editor: Having learn a sequence of articles within the Los Angeles Occasions and elsewhere on the deliberate underplaying or precise hiding of presidents’ diseases, together with such presidents as Franklin D. Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, I’ve heard a lot much less about Ronald Reagan’s psychological decline in his final years (“It’s not just Biden. There’s a history of presidential health cover-ups,” Could 21). The Teflon appears to nonetheless be working.
The reflections on presidential well being circumstances appear to me to be primarily targeted on Democratic presidents. Presumably only a coincidence? It appears a variety of the protection is simply too little, too late and considerably a monetary boon to Jake Tapper’s e-book. A pity that our present president has traditionally been much less clear about his personal well being.
George Corey, Pasadena
