Letters

See movie for yourself

With the semi-departure of Paul Greenberg, I have noted some unforeseen changes in the paper. It seems suddenly a staffer who usually wrote stuff I passed over is writing reviews and what passes for serious stuff.

Recently I read with increasing disbelief a long review by Philip Martin of a current film, Hillary's America: The Secret History of the Democratic Party. I found it so bizarre that I just stopped everything the next morning and went to see the film.

It is written by Dinesh D'Souza, a native of India and a quite extraordinary man. I wanted to see for myself the source of Mr. Martin's disquiet. The film is an historical exposé of the Democratic Party, including the current Democratic Party, Hillary and retinue, Saul Alinsky and all the way back to Andrew Jackson.

I advise everyone who plans on voting in the next election to see this film and make up your own mind. All politics are messy, but this will give you a real understanding of today's politics. Go see it!

WALTER SKELTON

Little Rock

Put aside prejudices

"Oh say does that star-spangled banner yet wave, O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave."

These powerful words from our beloved national anthem bring a sense of sadness to me these days as I witness our flag flying half-mast day in and day out as a result of yet another tragedy such as a mass shooting, terrorist attack, or racially targeted killings by and against law enforcement. It seems these tragedies have escalated to a nearly daily event over the course of the past several months. Obviously this country and the world are spinning out of control.

There's a lot of talk about extremism and I agree it is a large contributing factor to the state of crisis that we find ourselves in. By extremism I do not mean just the so-called religious extremists such as ISIS and Boko Haram, but extremism in our own country among our political parties and our citizens at large. Our political landscape has become so polarized in recent years that a sensible discussion about political litmus tests such as gun control, prayer in schools, LGBT rights, immigration, mental health funding, and law enforcement has become impossible.

Until and unless we are able to put aside our prejudices and senseless conformism to two wildly divergent party platforms and elect leaders who are willing to sit down at the table together in a spirit of humility and problem-solving, we will continue to lose our battle against hate and evil.

Let's demand that our politicians stop adhering to dictated party extremes and instead give actionable consideration to steps that can be taken toward the center on the polarizing issues that are fanning the flames of violence. This is crucial if we are to give peace a chance in this broken time and place.

SUSAN POSPISIL

Fayetteville

Hot-car deaths solved

I can tell you how to almost completely eliminate child hot-car deaths. Parents, put your cell phone next to your child in the car seat. Problem solved.

You will never forget your child in the car again ... well, at least you won't forget your phone.

DOUG WRIGHT

Little Rock

Tenets of Constitution

We live in a post-Christian American culture where church consists of children who write and draw devil faces on the church bulletin while the sermon is taking place, or on their cell phones and giggle back and forth with the parents sitting next to them. You wonder where folks get their wardrobe training as you look at thighs and underwear instead of legs and knees, and tight-fitting jeans you see in a bar.

You sit in Sunday School classes that are taught from books of who's who and not from the Bible with little or no serious conversation. The message is lost in the talk around town or some other gossip. Disrespect for the speaker, with getting up and leaving at inopportune times and bringing coffee and snacks into the sanctuary, is prevalent everywhere.

But the serious stuff of allowing a few in our society to dictate the terms of biblical truths and, worse, to live by them is incomprehensible. I believe our laws came out of the Bible. Our schools first taught from the New England primer which taught writing and reading from the Bible. Many of our founding fathers were ministers as well as the occupations they had. The lie of separation of church and state is not in our Constitution.

Church is very much a part of our culture. If a religion does not accept the tenets of our Constitution, it needs to go back where it came from. We are not going to change the Constitution to accommodate anyone. It is time our government understands this and the minority who don't like it can move on with the majority. We need to unify and quit living in past things where none of us has lived. If then we live in a post-Christian America, we won't live in America much longer.

HARRY HOHENSTEIN

Searcy

It's a blessing for state

I believe the celebration of the King-Lee Holiday is a great spiritual blessing for our state. It is a coming together of society rather than a fracturing of it.

I think Martin Luther King and Robert E. Lee would greatly respect each other. I see them playing together in heaven under the watchful eye of God.

ROBERT HANSON

Little Rock

One prophetic writer

Well, I woke a recent morning, not from a nightmare, but to one. It seems the Snopes family, once indigenous only to the state of Mississippi, has spread nationwide like kudzu to choke off any reasonable discourse in the Grand Old Party. I knew Faulkner had a way with words, but who knew he was a prophet as well?

CONNIE HOLLENBERG

Little Rock

Enlightening articles

It is refreshing to read such enlightening articles on a topic the media has severely misrepresented in this great nation of ours. The Perspective article about Sharia in Islam was one of the best depictions I have read on that subject.

I wish more people knew about Abdul Sattar and other devout Muslims whose actions define their faith. Keep up the good work.

ALLAM DALATI

Rogers

Editorial on 07/30/2016

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