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Letters to the Editor - Praise for the Jan. 27 DMN, vaccine info from Immunize Texas, the GOP and the film ‘Casablanca,’ deplorables, unity
Readers appreciated the Wednesday edition of the Dallas Morning News, describe how the COVID vaccine works, find similarities between ‘Casablanca’ and the GOP, defend supporting Trump and comment on the lack of unity in our country.
CASABLANCA - Warner Bros. - 1942 film starring Humphrey Bogart, Claude Rains, Paul Henreid and Ingrid Bergman
The Wednesday edition of
The Dallas Morning News was so inspiring and rewarding, I’m forced to send praise to your editors and a letter writer. To start with Peggy Wehmeyer’s amazing analysis of “religious” roles and their hucksters in the breakdown of our nation and truth, especially Jesus’s truth, was awesome. Your Editorial, “Cut Vaccine Red Tape” detailing the efforts of Chad West, Adam Bazaldua, Paula Blackmon, Omar Narvaez, Ad
Letters to the Editor Peaceful protests, evangelical Christians, deportation halt on hold, hospitals with vaccines, Frisco pastor
Readers talk about the different way a peaceful versus a violent protest is handled, agree with Peggy Wehmeyer’s column on evangelical Christians, support stopping the deportation halt, don’t feel vaccines are given equally and denounce the Frisco pastor for his “cancel culture” comments.
Supporters of the Dream Act staged a daylong protest in front of Texas Republican Sen. John Cornyn s office on Feb. 8, 2018, in Dallas.(David Woo / Staff Photographer)
Tale of two protests
In 2014, I was arrested in front of the White House with a group of clergy and activists in peaceful protest of the draconian deportations of the Obama administration. D.C. Park Police surrounded us and ordered us to move. When we refused to move, armed police, mounted police, squad cars, buses and wagons surrounded us. The police announced: “You are now under arrest. Do
A (very) weary world rejoices
Some people are victims, others are vessels.
By Peggy Wehmeyer
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Some mornings when I wake up and see the latest headlines, my head spins. How did the world I once knew become so unrecognizable?
I feel like Rip Van Winkle, the Washington Irving character who fell asleep for 20 years, only to find when he awoke that everything had changed.
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended our routines, stolen American lives and jobs and shuttered our favorite restaurants. But it’s the psychological fallout of the social and political upheaval that leaves me most disoriented.
People I’ve known and respected for years are convinced that federal judges, election officials and the media have colluded to steal the election from Donald Trump.