The Parade of Lights is always a stunner, and this year’s was even better than usual
Basking in the holiday lights
Congratulations to everyone involved in this year’s Parade of Lights. From the sponsors to all the floats, marching units, vehicles and horses, it was truly a memorable event.
Parades bring out my inner child, regardless of my age. Each year, the Parade of Lights has gotten bigger and better, and this year’s was world class.
- Donald Rich, Haslet
Worth much more than Page 6A play
On a cable news show on the evening of Nov. 22, the host presented a dozen or more banner headlines of newspapers across the country, from The New York Times to The Kansas City Star to the Los Angeles Times. These media outlets heralded news of the impeachment inquiry — information that is vital to our country, to the rule of law, to our very democracy.
The Star-Telegram chose to relegate it to Page 6A. (“Testimony undercuts White House’s defense”)
My wife noted: “If you don’t watch the hearings on TV, you’re not going to get anything in this rag.”
- Julio J. DiPalma, Granbury
Gun violence is collective shame
A letter to the editor Sunday (4B) responded to the heartbreaking lament by Farah Aziz after the murder of her daughter in the Santa Fe High School massacre. (Nov. 19, 9A, “I sent my child to study in US. She died from your gun culture”)
The letter’s author blamed “kids made crazy” for various reasons. The grieving mother is probably only more saddened by remarks so oblivious to the point of her painful lament.
I am angry and disgusted and will only say that the gun worship by so many is unconscionable. It is all of our great shame.
Farah, I am so sorry for the loss of your Sabika.
- Jeri Chilcutt, Weatherford
More coverage of the arts, please
I was so pleased to read Sunday’s Star-Telegram and find two small articles about cultural events in Tarrant County. But then I opened my Dallas Morning News to find that a Fort Worth theater, Stage West, was on the cover of the Arts section, with a two-page color spread about its current show, “The Lifespan of a Fact.”
And there was a good review of the Fort Worth Symphony concert, with plenty of time for readers to catch the concluding Sunday matinee concert.
Why do we have to look east for such good coverage of arts here?
- Mary Dulle, Fort Worth
Baylor never seems to get any love
I am continually disappointed by the Star-Telegram’s level of reporting and coverage of Baylor University sports.
Although I realize Baylor is not the hometown favorite, it has had a successful Big 12 Conference football season. But there’s been barely a mention, and this pattern has been ongoing for years.
The only Baylor news you seem to care about is the Art Briles scandal.
- Gary Staats, Colleyville
Who cares Yovanovitch is out?
The problem with Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch and any other career diplomat bureaucrat is that once they have that cushy high-paying job, they think they are owed that job.
Many normal Americans lose jobs every day, so get over it. For her to claim she is not anti-President Donald Trump is laughable. Anyone intimidated by a tweet shows her insecurities and shouldn’t be in any highly visible post.
- Mark Gattis, Springtown