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GOP leadership downplays anti-Muslim hate

To the editor: Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) recently posted on social media that “Muslims don’t belong in American society.” Similarly, in February, Rep. Randy Fine (R-FL) wrote on X: “If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.” House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has declined to condemn these comments, asserting, “I’ve spoken to those members and all members, as I always do, about our tone and our message and what we say.” Furthermore, House Majority Whip Tom Emmer (R-MN) evaded the issue, stating, “People who refuse to ...

Enough gun violence

To the editor: The Second Amendment states: “A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” Conservative U.S. Supreme Court Justice Warren Burger, nominated by Richard Nixon, once said, “The gun lobby’s interpretation of the Second Amendment is one of the greatest pieces of fraud, I repeat the word fraud, on the American people by special interest groups that I have ever seen in my lifetime.” Most hunters don’t need or want an assault weapon. Large capacity magazines are ...

Can Trump be trusted with nukes?

To the editor: Donald Trump has been politicking for a Nobel Peace Prize. The Nobel people have not cooperated. If we check events in and around Iran, Venezuela, Cub and Greenland during the last two months, we can understand their reluctance. Contrast these events with the last presidential election. On Nov. 2, 2024, just before the election, Donald Trump said, “If Kamala wins, only death and destruction await because she is the candidate of endless wars. I am the candidate of peace. I am peace.” Four days later Donald Trump added, “I’m not going to start a war. I’m ...

Letter writer was speaking from the heart

To the editor: I am writing in appreciation for Sarah Schnieder’s column that was in The Journal’s Feb. 25 edition. It was beautifully written. Sarah was speaking from the heart. The story connecting the church of her youth and her chosen church of now touched me and several of my friends. It was a reminder that man makes laws and political structures, but ultimately Jesus our Savior is who we follow. We pray the laws and structures that men create reflect kindness, decency, and justice. Clearly that is not the case with the paramilitary operations being conducted in our ...

All the world is watching

To the editor: I listened to 47’s address at the World Economic Forum. I’d like a redacted copy of his speech. The redactions would be for the lies and insults that he uttered with machine gun rapidity. When those blackouts would be completed, the redacted text would sound like an opera singer’s warm up, “Me-Me-Me-Me-Me!” I’m not a mathematician. I’m comfortable with statistics, but when I’m talking, I have a tendency accidentally to mix up my hundreds and thousands. Nevertheless, I think I know enough about mathematics that when the 0resident talks about things’ ...

Press ignoring abortions

To the editor: The late Jesse Jackson declared in an article he wrote for Right to Life News in 1977.  “Race and poverty are dimensions of the life question, but discussions about abortion have brought the issue into focus in a much sharper way. How we will respect and understand the nature of life itself is the over-riding moral issue, not of the Black race, but of the human race.” “Life is the highest good and therefore you fight for life, using means consistent with that end,” Jackson wrote. “Life is the highest human good not on its own naturalistic merits, but because ...