West Newsmagazine 12-4-19

4 I OPINION I
December 4, 2019
WEST NEWSMAGAZINE
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Regarding Walter Williams
Mr. Williams must be speaking for himself
and fanatical believers when he says
“we have become an immoral people” [Nov.
6].
For I can assure him that it is not the
secular that are destroying America. It is
the fervently religious that have eschewed
the actual teachings of Jesus and chosen to
exalt Trump as a savior. These are the true
dangers to America’s morality. The people
that post sanctimonious Bible quotes on
Facebook but turn a blind eye to when our
President mocked a disabled reporter, or
discussed watching teenage pageant contestants
change backstage.
These are the people that are causing
the rot in America, and they generally call
themselves Christians. I do not include
all, or most Christians, but enough of
them that the label of Christian no longer
means what it used to. The “Christians”
that applauded LGBTQ protections being
stripped and rape victims conceivably
being forced to carry a pregnancy to term.
These are the Christians that are turning
youth away from Christianity because
they have become intolerant to anyone
different and [are] willing to sacrifice the
teachings of the Bible in their pursuit of a
few key political issues. For Mr. Williams
to even suggest that secular people are
causing the ills of America is exactly the
type of nonsensical smugness that turns
people away from Christianity. Mr. Williams
has proven himself to be a pawn in
the Christian money making machine that
knows victimhood and a perceived threat
on Christianity is good for business.
What irony that Professor Williams
would lecture on the moral decline of the
U.S. while quoting William Barr. Barr,
who has abused his position and chosen
to gallivant across the world; seeking to
undermine U.S. Intelligence agencies,
while flouting ethical standards all in the
name of unfounded conspiracy theories
born from the depths of 4chan.
Next time Williams should consider
quoting Putin to make the trolling a little
less obvious.
Sara Sullivan
Responding to ‘In regard
to Walter. E. Williams’
I offer a comment on what writer Bryce
Frazier wrote in the Nov. 13 edition: Yes,
Walter Williams is a “conservative” and I
am very thankful to West Newsmagazine
for making him their page three feature
columnist. Mr. Frazier thinks that West
Newsmagazine [a weekly newspaper]
should be more ‘balanced’ and ‘impartial’
in its format. Here’s what might sway West
Newsmagazine to change its format: If the
extremely liberal and totally unfair and
unbalanced St. Louis Post-Dispatch (the
only daily paper we have here)…would
change and just ‘try’ to be more fair and
balanced [versus] so totally biased towards
Democrats….then we might see West
Newsmagazine change too. Don’t hold
your breath … it won’t happen … the Post-
Dispatch will never change!
Thank you [West Newsmagazine] for
being a “conservative” point of view!
Gary Arbesman
Thanking local politicians
A big thanks to Rep. William Lacy Clay
for joining Rep. Wagner in supporting the
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis,
and Malaria. It is commendable that Missouri
is a step ahead in this strive.
In 2002, at the height of the AIDS crisis,
the world came together to fight back by
creating the Global Fund to Fight AIDS,
Tuberculosis, and Malaria. This international
partnership has helped save 32 million
lives since 2002 with U.S. leading
the support. The Global Fund has a plan
to support countries to save 16 million
lives over the next three years and this can
only be made possible with our continued
support. The U.S. must again rise to its
responsibility in this. The Global Fund is
currently facing threats from the White
House by President Trump recommending
a 29% funding cut. Fortunately, there is
bipartisan support for a 16% boost. [A sixteen
percent] increase is far better than the
29% cut. Now, we need to make sure this
increase makes it into our government’s
2020 spending bill. I urge our Senator Roy
Blunt to take this opportunity and to be
really [a] leader this time in his role on the
appropriations committee. Science shows
that we can end the global emergencies
caused by AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria,
but this can be accomplished only if we
maintain the political will to do so.
Aashish Allu
In response to Nov. 16
letter to the editor
I am sorry he [Norman Baxter] wants
to “spare us this one newsmagazine” [Nov.
27]. The only reason for my letter was to
comment on the unrelenting right-wing
dogma of Mr. Williams. I am not advocating
infiltrating left-wing dogma into your
precious newsmagazine but I am saddened
at the close-minded information silo in
which Mr. Baxter wishes to reside. That I
read Mr. Williams’ column should indicate
that I expose myself to views with which I
disagree instead of a knee-jerk rejection of
another point of view. I know of no other
way to stay informed on a wide spectrum
of views.
Thankfully, the editorial staff disagrees
with Mr. Baxter else my letter(s) would be
censored.
Bryce Frazier
Regarding national politics
While listening to nothing but praise
about the prior service at the recent
impeachment inquiry testimony of Dr.
Fiona Hill, a Russian expert [who served
on the National Security Council], am I
alone in thinking that her testimony was
arrogant and “less than truthful”?
Setting out her long history of what
she believed to be her dedicated service
to our nation, Dr. Hill clearly articulated
her vision of what the US foreign policy
should be, based on her expertise and
many years of service during prior administrations.
She then repeatedly pointed out
that her vision on foreign policy was completely
different from that of the Trump
Administration, and that she felt justified
in opposing the president’s policies, with
which she did not agree. The website of
obamawhitehouse.archives.gov defines
the role of the National Security Council
as, “Council’s function has been to advise
and assist the President on national security
and foreign policies...also serves as the
President’s principal arm for coordinating
these policies among various government
agencies...NCS is chaired by the President.”
Based on this definition, it would
seem that Dr. Hill’s job was not to promote
her own foreign policies, but to promote
the policy of the duly elected president.
It shocked me to watch her testify with
relative indifference that she knew disgraced
“spy” Christopher Steele had been
given a copy of the phony Steele dossier
[funded by a DNC law firm – which
launched the Russian Collusion investigation
by Strobe Talbott, who is a close
friend of the Clintons and served in the
Clinton Administration] before it was even
made public.
What I found to be most incredible is Dr.
Hill’s testimony that she didn’t even know
what a “Never-Trumper” was, when in fact
she clearly is one.
Lynn Link
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