Letters to the Editor, By Jack O'Neil, Sewickley: Epigraphs

Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.

--Twelve Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous, 1946, Tradition #10

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Boys, if you don't stick together, how do you expect me to follow you-ah?

--Lawrence Welk

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What's this all about?
Why this site exists
Epigraphs
Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the A.A. name ought never be drawn into public controversy.
Helping Young Addicts
Alcoholism is a disease.
O’Neill wrong on Welk
Lawrence Welk is a genuine American hero.
Protesters ignore history
“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.”
Helping alcoholics
A.A. is being imitated, adapted, plagiarized and counterfeited.
"Columbus bashers" wrong
Hooray for Columbus! Hooray for America! Hooray for progress and civilization!
BYOB no solution
Sorry, Socrates, but BYOB is not a change of behavior, only a change in acquiring and drinking alcohol illegally.
No TV is good TV
In the valley of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.
Road deaths have dropped
I don't care if Kilbuck collects a million dollars a day from speeders and drunk drivers.
Censorship or anarchy?
I have never seen a film of a little girl being sodomized, or a man being disemboweled or burned alive, or a woman being gang-raped...
Don’t mislead the unwary about the AA’s 12-step program
If alcoholics can do it, anyone can.
Unleashing anger over abortion coverage
Ambiguity aside, are you people in the newspaper business or are you the official spokesmen for the abortion mentality?
Musically speaking Pavarotti is a sell-out
Caruso must be turning over in his grave.
Rid campuses of alcohol
Recovering alcoholics in AA know more about the subject than all the college professors in the world.
A nice long ride
The retirement of Pittsburgh broadcasting's patriarch, Paul Long, prompts several observations about this man's remarkable achievements over a long -- and I DO mean Long -- and productive career.
Brighton Heights NIMBY
Still another letter saying “It's 'No' for Rehab Center” (Dec. 28) and again, from a resident of Brighton Heights, where someone is trying to reactivate the long-gone St. John's Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center.
The truth about AA
The 12-step program of Alcoholics Anonymous often comes under public scrutiny by competing private services that know the price of everything and the value of nothing. This time they even fooled your staff writer (“Faith Fading as the Basis of AA, Some Leaders Say,” May 20).
Bring back news values
The news media's criteria for what is “newsworthy” continues to fascinate this 1951 journalism graduate of Duquesne University.
Clinton vs. Saddam is a very scary match-up
In the words of the great philosopher Yogi Berra, it looks like deja vu all over again.
The lesson of Rege Cordic
This is an open letter to all of your readers who are also fans of the Lynn Cullen show, recently cancelled by WTAE in its questionable opinion that everybody in Pittsburgh wants to talk about Sports. (God Help Us !!!)
Making headlines
I laughed, I cried, I marveled at the creativity behind your wordsmiths who seldom fail to give me a lot more than I pay for with my daily issue of the Post-Gazette.
Called 'em as he saw 'em
Helen Weals' July 14 letter "St. Paul Is No Marriage Expert'' reminds me of my college days at Duquesne University many years ago.
Turkey Disasters Part II, or, Fowl Deeds and Misdemeanors
When my wife learned a neighborhood girlfriend didn't relish spending all day in a hot kitchen, they “pooled their resources” and invited the neighbors, too.
Bush's social services proposal will be money well spent
I can still hear the cries of horror and anguish from the ACLUnatics
The Senate turncoat
The three-ring circus masquerading as the U.S. Senate now has everything.
Alcohol's bondage
At last! The March 8 letter from Dr. Lawson Bernstein (“No Laughing Matter”) finally brings a serious note to the ongoing saga of Judge H. Patrick McFalls Jr. Dr. Bernstein realistically and credibly states that alcoholism is a disease (not a crime) and has symptoms, a treatment of choice and an outcome.
PSO and Pope: When 2+2=5
After reading the garbage-laden letter from Grove City's Walter Carson about the PSO and the Pope (“PSO, say no to the Pope,” Feedback, Sept. 5), I pondered just what would constitute an appropriate reply.
Dylan way overrated
As a writer most of my life, I love words as much as musicians love notes. But when you let readers (and I love them, too)

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