Readers respond to Question of the Week:

What do you make of the news around Biden?

The great cover-up

A travesty of injustice was placed upon the citizens of the United States of America by their president, his family, his Democratic Party, his party in Congress and most of the media and many corporations! From the beginning of his first presidential campaign, Joe Biden’s mental decline was seen and expressed by many, many citizens who were continually ridiculed and berated for expressing the truth. As a result of his win, our country was governed by an unknown group, as of now unknown. And many involved in this group almost ran our country into the ground and managed to fill their pockets with great rewards! And they allowed a racial divide to escalate to a degree that it will take years to deescalate! All people and entities involved in this great cover-up or great masquerade should be removed from their position, I feel.

— Janice Smalley, Castaic

Biden’s prostate cancer

As a 76-year-old male and knowing some 80% of males over 55 have it but won’t die from it, I have tests done by my urologist and my GP on a regular basis. For Biden to have not had PSA tests since 2014 is absurd. Someone is lying and it wouldn’t be the specs on PSA. We have been lied to about this president since he was sitting on his worthless butt in his basement and got elected over Trump in 2020. The question still remains who was running our nation as president for the last four years and how could the Democratic Party allow it to happen to the people of this nation? Does greed for power and money come to mind?

— Vance Frederick, Long Beach

Prostate cancer

As a prostate cancer survivor it’s hard to believe that his cancer at this stage (Gleason 9) was just diagnosed. Doctors normally prescribe a PSA blood test annually for men over 50. This test together with a physical examination would detect prostate cancer immediately. So either this was a colossal mistake by his physicians or most likely it was known and kept from the public just like his cognitive decline. In my case it was discovered at age 60 by physical examination and the PSA test, so why wasn’t a person of his stature and importance not diagnosed before now? It doesn’t make sense.

— Kenneth M. Bezich, Rolling Hills