Adele Ferguson: Powell deaths among questions from readers

“IN YOUR COLUNM which ran in the Wilbur Register issue of March 8, in response to a younger member of your family who asked why doesn’t somebody do something about Barack Obama,” writes Gordon Green of Seattle, “you responded in part by saying ‘he keeps doing things that are unconstitutional like making recess appointments.’

“A check with the Congressional Research Service, which works closely with Congress providing policy and legal services, shows Obama has made only 28 such appointments to date. By contrast, George W. Bush made 171 and Ronald Reagan made 270. So apparently according to your...