Learning begins at birth. The first three years of life are an incredible period of growth in every area of a baby’s development as the child’s brain grows from about a quarter of the size of an adult brain to 80% of adult size. During this critical time, regular reading aloud to children ...
To the editor: I want to compliment Lou Walker for an excellent “Letter to the Editor” on April 9, “Sorry for America.” Your letter touched on so many of the ills that we now see in our nation today. As pointed out, this is a result of people in this country who would rather blame ...
To the editor: Politics — of any stripe at all — is based on unverified, unverifiable opinions. Thus, the game of politics is necessarily played in a bottomless, muddy swamp — though one can generally not fault the Pols in their mighty efforts to reach a bottom! Blindly entrusting ...
To the editor: The Children’s Organ Transplant Association (COTA) was founded in April 1986 when residents of Bloomington, Indiana, rallied around a toddler who needed a life-saving liver transplant. In less than eight weeks, the community raised $100,000 to place the boy on the organ ...
As a physician who specializes in medical cannabis, I am compelled to respond to Rep. Spencer Roach’s Guest Commentary “The Fight to Save Florida’s Medical Marijuana Program.” I agree with Rep. Roach that at recreational doses, THC has intoxicating effects, and that it can have an ...
To the editor: There seems to be no solution to the ongoing problem with vacation rentals in our town. I have spent most of the afternoons inside my house with curtains closed and the TV on high volume to relax from the extreme turbulence I can hear from a nearby vacation rental home. I ...
Congressman Byron Donalds should be commended for recently filing a bill that the federal government continue to monitor our waterways for harmful algae blooms, even in the event of a government shutdown. Continuous monitoring of the presence of Red Tide and Blue Green algae is important to ...
The Internet continues to become more ubiquitous and many Floridians’ go-to source for news and information. The Florida Legislature even recognized this years ago when they mandated that newspapers not only print public notices in their newspapers, but also post it on their websites AND ...
To the editor: Cape Coral unfortunately has joined the nation in moving to an era of unaccountability. In viewing the water woes that so many now are facing in the northwest sector of the city, it clearly makes one wonder who is at the helm in governing the planning of new development. ...
To the editor: Media are reporting that Lee County will be receiving “nearly $150 million” from President Biden’s American Rescue Plan and that the county is conferring with Senator Rubio’s office about how it can spend the windfall. Better idea: Why doesn’t the county consult ...
