Feb. 17 Letters: Our Readers’ Opinions

Terrified of prison

It is pretty obvious if you pay attention to what Donald Trump is saying and doing that, despite his surface bravado, he is terrified of being sent to prison. Despite what views you may have of the guy, you can’t blame him for being terrified of prison because, plain and simple, he is most likely not tough enough to do well in a real prison.

As I told one public defender client one time: “Stop breaking the law.” That is good advice to Trump because he just has not conformed his conduct to normal standards. He seems to feel that he is above it all and can do whatever he wants. Not true.

Instead of conforming his behavior to what is right, however, and even showing some remorse, Trump is once again using up an inordinate amount of judicial resources in a desperate attempt to have the courts declare that he is immune from prosecution, apparently no matter what he does.

It is a pretty absurd argument because, in essence, he is saying that the president of the United States can be a common criminal. I wonder what George Washington would think of that? I mean, for pity’s sake, even Richard Nixon had the good grace to step aside.

Danny Radakovich

Lewiston

Get on right path

When you take the wrong path you have to return to the fork in the path to get on the right path. If we had a ... better map, we could get to our goal sooner. The Lewiston-Clarkston Valley is rushing pell-mell into an unknown future by forces we do not understand.

Perhaps we don’t need to promote more manufacturing. More servitude and exploitation does not enhance life in the valley. Rather than serving the corporate system, we could tend to our duties. Many things are more important than tainted corporate greed.

The vision that the valley become a manufacturing mecca is sadly mistaken. We are an isolated backwater community out in the sticks. Pathways to distribute manufactured goods are limited and expensive. It’s better to go with our gifts rather than trying to make the valley a modern manufacturing center.

Only by making the valley an interesting place to visit can we draw more tourist dollars.

Sixty years ago, Clarkston was an idyllic community. A kid could walk to the pool with two quarters and swim for hours. Mom-and-pop services were in each neighborhood. Dance halls, skating rinks and drive-in movies were popular. Big-box stores have since stolen the neighborhood retail fabric. You now need an expensive vehicle to get to stores.

Clarkston could go back to better times and profit from the things so missing from modern life. Many people would jump at a chance to escape the rat race and enjoy a slower pace for awhile.

C. Edward Collins

Clarkston

Checking for truth

For the most part, the letters to the editor in the Lewiston Tribune are a perfect “melting pot” of ideas available to everyone. However, some submissions require fact-checking or a rebuttal, if you will, in the interest of truth.

Danny Radakovich, for example, writes as though he is divinely inspired and ordained by his vast education and legal expertise to explain and interpret current events for all us unwashed rubes. Frequently, he weaves in his version of homespun humor.

Recently, when Hunter Biden, Kevin Morris and Abbe Lowell sprinted out of the Senate hearing room just as Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was asking the first question, Danny described them as brave heroes. He appears to admire and adore Hunter. It is clear why Joe Biden loves Hunter, who has stuffed more “benjamins” into the Biden family bank accounts than Joe could in nearly a century of public service.

When the dust settles and justice is served, it will continue to be very interesting. In spite of Danny’s vast cognitive advantages, some of his conclusions are half-vast. Danny is no doubt affected by “Trump derangement syndrome” which is frequently fatal, similar to a suicide bomber malaise.

Glenn Richey

Kooskia