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Students should be allowed to state beliefs

To the editor: “Debate on religion in school rages” was part of the headline of a lengthy editorial on last week’s “Faith Page” (July 11). The columnist wrote of the historic debate regarding the teaching of evolution in schools versus the Biblical account of God’s creation of the world in six days. The lawyer for the teacher of evolution eventually lost the case. If freedom of religion had been upheld, neither side would have won. Should any one religion or belief be promoted or displayed in a public school? Today science books teach evolution and children are ...

Look at God’s perspective on SCOTUS ruling

To the editor: The editorial, “SCOTUS” ruling misses point of reading”, (July 7) discussed the recent Supreme Court ruling in Maryland which states, “Parents can now opt their children out of instruction that included LGBTQ+ themes in the name of religious freedom.” The columnist wrote, “The ruling missed the point of reading diverse literature and children will suffer for it. . .. Curriculum limitations only serve to leave your children unprepared for the diverse world we live in. . . Learning alongside your children simply means you are willing to dip into an ...

Trump blames others for his failures

To the editor: Here we go again. Another Trump failure, this time the cuts end up biting Texas. Trump cuts the National Weather Service and Texas has a flash flood. No one knew it was coming. This sounds familiar, just like the COVID pandemic. Even though the Obama administration had put together a pandemic playbook and response team, Trump threw it in the garbage and disbanded the pandemic unit. Now the NWS has been cut significantly, and Trump has plans to cut the FEMA department completely and let the states handle it on their own. Trump as usual blamed President Joe Biden, six ...

Rural areas can’t afford Fischbach’s representation

To the editor: A letter to Michelle Fischbach: The news media has apparently misread the most recent legislation which the Republicans have crafted at the insistence of the Trump crime family. They are saying that you and your fiscally illiterate cohorts have added another $3 trillion plus to the national debt over the next few years. If I remember correctly your campaign was about reigning in the out of control spending of the Biden administration, which, incidentally decreased the national debt. Please quit working so hard for rural areas; we can’t afford the results. Dennis ...

The Iranian nuclear quagmire

To the editor: Virtually no one supports Iran’s nuclear weapons program except the country’s authoritarian rulers. Yet, they have been refining uranium since the Islamic revolution. Rhetoric and economic sanctions have not deterred them. Early in the Obama administration, America and Israel smuggled a computer virus (later dubbed Stuxnet) into Iran that covertly destroyed centrifuges purifying uranium. Iran was mystified until Netanyahu unilaterally ordered Israeli programmers to make the virus spread faster. This altered virus spilled onto the internet. Computer security ...

Liberty and justice for all?

To the editor: This year’s Fourth of July celebration feels very different. Our nation’s fundamental principles of liberty and justice for all are under siege. The “Big Beautiful Bill” is anything but beautiful. Health care is taken away from 17 million people to offset the trillions in tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy. Punishing the poor and the sick by cutting off medical care and food assistance for so many people is devastating. Consider the current practice of ignoring due process and going after immigrants, asylum seekers, separating children from their families. Many ...