Did you hear about the pathetic, $800-per-hour psychic Sylvia Browne who was hired by and assured Amanda Berry’s mom that her daughter was dead but was waiting for her in heaven? After that, the mom stopped looking and died “of a broken heart” a short time after, according to family. No happy reunion. Such fraudulent guidance should not be allowed, you’d think. But psychic hotlines and Miss Cleo-type businesses continue and flourish. People are misled every day for a few bucks. False hope. Bad advice. Charlatans preying on the gullible.

Now, turn a few pages in The Bulletin and you’ll find your daily horoscope. Personal and daily advice from the stars (and I’m not talking Hollywood). Misleading guidance for the gullible. Is it legal? Yes. Is it moral? (Are you listening, editor Costa?) No. Is it profitable? Yes, which is why The Bulletin prints it.

I’m calling on Costa, who is a good man who really cares about Bend, to do the right thing and stop printing this misleading nonsense. It does not make for a better, wiser, more capable Central Oregon.

John Shepherd

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