The Trump wing of the Republican Party seems incredibly comfortable heading down whatever path the former president wants to lead them. Historically, such trust placed in a single leader has led to a rather serious case of dependency, much like an infant’s reliance on its mother’s breast. We might take the reign of Charles II in England as an example.
While in most democratic nations the people call upon God or a trustworthy neighbor to witness important facts and occurrences, Charles’ view supplanted that of God and people. It was said that “the word of the King” was all that was needed to establish the validity of most anything.
While the King could not be expected to solve all the people’s troubles and squabbles, he also was not expected to entirely ignore his subjects either. One historian writes about the time when “the king went so far as to explain himself” when he made a decision.
The king could not be sure, of course, that the people would not want to grow up. To ensure against that possibility, in Charles’ time the people were asked to take an oath not to change the form of government.
In a world of such fawning dependence upon a single person, it is understandable why the king’s death was regarded as “the end of the world.”
Kimball Shinkoskey
Woods Cross, Utah
Bad time
for courts
In this day of instant gratification, instant news cycle and I’ve got mine and you don’t deserve to have any, I have almost lost my sense of what is important in life. Life was so much simpler in my youth, such as listening to President Roosevelt’s fireside chats on the radio and then Give ’em Hell President Harry Truman.
When I enlisted in the Navy, I had to have my birth certificate to enlist. We didn’t have one so I turned to Congressman Dewey Short asking for an expedited copy so that I could enlist during the Korean War. Lo and behold, this only took one week to accomplish and I was on the way to Bainbridge, Maryland, for basic training. Nowadays someone would probably take me to court and then spend months tied up in expensive litigation with numerous appeals before it was resolved.
This has got to be the worst time for our judicial system ever in our history. A local judge can stop the government from doing anything by ruling it’s unconstitutional nationwide. Trillions of dollars are being spent defending legislation that Congress passed to better our way of life in America.
This is my opinion: We need better politicians to appoint better judges with better work ethics and better understanding of the Constitution and the American people.
Bill Williams
Palmview
Going
too far
Bill Young is a friend of mine and former colleague in broadcast news. He makes a good point when complaining about the frequent use of the tag “far right” and the haziness of what it actually means.
He goes too far when he suggests that fairness requires use of the term “far left,” which also has unknown meaning. No, Bill, you haven’t heard that term, but have you heard liberal,” “bleeding-heart liberal,” “tree hugger,” “socialist agenda” or other such vague terms? (I may have left out a few terms).
And lastly Bill, to use a famous quote, “Can’t we all just get along?”
Peace out.
Robert Ramirez
McAllen
