How can Major League Baseball whiff it with the Astros cheating?
Clean energy isn’t right or left
Watching the Democratic presidential debate Wednesday, I noticed that most candidates talked about renewable energy. (Feb. 20, 6A, “New guy becomes debate target”) I have a general feeling that the right is not interested in pursuing these energy sources.
I recently was in Clarksville, Arkansas — an extremely Republican area with a large solar panel farm of which the locals are very proud.
The majority of Americans would welcome newer, cleaner energy sources. It’s not as much of an us-or-them battle as we are led to think.
- Wesley Charles, Watauga
The reason for Bernie’s appeal
Even though we spend more on health care than any other country, average U.S. life expectancy is decreasing. Life expectancy in other developing countries is on the rise.
The top 10% of earners take home more than half of all U.S. income, the highest disparity in more than 100 years. We now have higher levels of income disparity than any other G-7 country.
So, the popularity of Sen. Bernie Sanders is not surprising. (Feb. 16, 1B, “Sanders, supporters rally in Mesquite”) Those at the top of the economic ladder will continue to hide these facts and spread misinformation about Sanders.
- Robert J. Smith, Fort Worth
Don’t cancel out our plans
During the presidential campaign, “Medicare for all” has been touted by some candidates and their supporters as a panacea for America’s health-care problems. My husband and I have worked 65 years for private companies.
As retirees, we have paid into Medicare, Social Security and retirement annuities.
Does Medicare for all mean we would lose the health insurance we have earned through our jobs?
I am not against underserved citizens being recipients of a Medicare-for-all program, as long as people like us get the benefits we worked many years to get.
But if it’s universal insurance, I will vote against anyone endorsing Medicare for all.
- Pamela Smith, Burleson
Who’s doing the buying now?
The Democratic establishment is aghast that Michael Bloomberg is buying votes with his own money. Liberals have forever been buying votes with taxpayer money.
Free stuff isn’t free if you take the money to pay for it from someone else’s pocket.
- Jack Russell, North Richland Hills
Astros players cannot skate here
I saw my first major league baseball game in 1947, watching Jackie Robinson and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. Back then, baseball was sport for both players and fans. Maybe we naively relied on the honesty and integrity of the game.
The latest scandal is beyond anything in the past. The Houston Astros deliberately violated the rules and cheated their way to a championship. Although a few heads rolled, it is a travesty that the players have, so far, escaped punishment for their sign-stealing scheme. (Feb. 20, 4B, “MLB didn’t punish Astros but they’re paying a price”)
I will not buy a single ticket to an Astros game until justice prevails.
- Rick Weintraub, Mansfield