Confessions of an anti-vaxxer in 1944 Kingsville
Public forum memoir by Richard Hardin recounts a child’s reluctant smallpox vaccination in Kingsville Texas in 1944. He describes lying about the shot to avoid it, his mother’s nurse’s insistence, bureaucratic pressure, and an after hours visit by a doctor who gave a painless skin prick in the arm.
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
California
Letters to the Editor Signatures and Contact Details
Readers may submit signed letters up to 250 words including name, address, and telephone number. Submissions should be sent by email to letters at ljworld.com.
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Fines for young offenders and city improvements noted
In police court Elmer Tutt Han Irwin Nic Chaffee C Day Harry Booker faced fines for train jumping and other offenses. Paul Kassold arrested for discharging firearms. J G Sullivan completed a limestone foundation at Baker University. Harris Gibson & Son announce a new river mill with advanced gear and 5000 bushels storage.
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Harris, Gibson & Son
Activism as entertainment sparks debate on co option and impact
Miami Herald columnist Leonard Pitts Jr argues that turning activism into CBS reality TV commodifies social movements. He notes historic reverence contrasts with present disdain and warns against diluting causes through online metrics and mass appeal.
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Impatience and extra constitutional power in a pandemic
George Will argues that executive impatience cannot justify expansive vaccine mandates. He cites past presidents overreaching and warns that normal rules must constrain power even during a health crisis, preserving federalism, the rule of law, and constitutional limits. He notes the dangers of a permission society and urges judicial enforcement of norms.
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