Letter to the Editor

To the Editor:

As an “older” person in my 60s, I tend to look back at the way things used to be, often perplexed at how we got to where we are now. There has always been crime, sin, jealousy, greed and corruption since the beginning of time, but God’s laws were respected and honored, even by those who broke them.

I grew up in an era of general trust and value of human life. My siblings and I could walk the 3 miles to Loysburg and back to catch the summer bus to Martinsburg for swimming lessons without fear of abduction. We knew we were expected to do our best at school and if we got i...