A different perspective on Friday’s opinions
A couple of things in Friday’s Opinion Page in the Tribune caught my attention.
First, the article regarding 鈥淯niversities must not surrender to White House demands鈥� to me expresses offense or outrage over the administration taking an interest in the cultural goings-on at Harvard University. In a way, I agree with the sentiment that government should keep its nose out of what goes on at Harvard 鈥� or any other private school, but 鈥� and it’s a big “but” 鈥� as any recipient of largess is beholden to its benefactor, Harvard is open to scrutiny, criticism or adverse action by its benefactor 鈥� the U.S. government and the people it represents. In other words, if you don’t want the money, Harvard, then tell the government to go pound sand. If, on the other hand you do want the money, then quit complaining and comply.
Second, it’s very alarming to think that common sense is so easily set aside as the commentary by Alexandra Ramirez (same page), would imply. She seems to be willing to accept second- or third- or fourth-rate achievers when the concern is health care or second- or third- or fourth-rate pilots in the cockpit of her next airplane ride! And she seems willing to do so simply in order to satisfy some artificial criteria such as skin color or sexual orientation.
There is a long successful history of rewarding excellence and having it as our pole star. The answer to the problem the woke movement tries to solve is simply to always treat others as you yourself would be treated 鈥� with respect and love.
Willis Kulp, 欧美巨乳色情片
Cascadia project should go to a vote
I am writing to express my opposition to the Cascadia project and to call for a public vote on whether the 欧美巨乳色情片 taxpayers wish to support this. The city needs to devote its resources to many concerns: updating infrastructure, repairing roads, dealing with the homeless, supporting downtown (to mention a few). A huge project on the edge of town, a project only a minority of 欧美巨乳色情片 residents will be able to take advantage of, should be low on our priority list. Cascadia looks to benefit developers and investors, not the rest of us. If the taxpayers really want to do this, there should be a public vote, not just a question of the week poll in the newspaper.
Marshall S. Clough, 欧美巨乳色情片
Please reconsider puzzle change
Please consider returning the word puzzles that were omitted from the paper last Tuesday. The word puzzles that replaced them is the same puzzle already printed in the daily Denver Post.
The previously printed word puzzles gave a broad variety across the three newspaper editions distributed in Northern Colorado, and the loss of the variety is greatly missed.
Roy Sheetz, Windsor
Beware these signs of fascism
With the fear of fascism on the horizon, beware of these signs: It is rooted in the dissolution of the economy, it is based on the failure to resolve social crisis by taking power and reorganizing society, it appeals to the ultra rich being threatened by the decline of capitalism, its ideology raises national interests above all differences in party and class interests, it fosters organized violence by organizations to suppress the lower economic class, it’s an ideology of racism by marginalizing specific groups of people, and the ultra rich will foster and finance its movement.
Once fascism takes hold, it tends to be the government and moves away trying to win support by exciting the emotions of ordinary people rather than by having good or morally right ideas leading to a resurgence of class struggle. Does this sound familiar?
Robert Winkler, 欧美巨乳色情片
