Letters to the Editor – ‘Living our Faith’ features, Texas grid, Rolling Stones, Aaron Rodgers

Say thank you for living our faith

Re: “Who is part of the feast of Christ? I thought evangelical Christianity was the only table at the festival, but I was wrong, ”by Rachel Held Evans, Sunday Opinion.

This piece gave me a lot of food for thought. Earlier articles in the Living Our Faith series, such as the one on Ebenezers (spiritual stones) and another on the emergence of biblical femininity, have also appealed to me and adorn my kitchen board. I look forward to this feature every Sunday. It’s a breath of fresh air, free from politics and conflict and full of thoughts about the human mind.

Living Our Faith’s columns are not specific to any one belief, but rather focus on our common quest to be fully human. Thank you for giving us this brief respite from the daily quarrel.

Patricia Kellar, Dallas

Keep the lights on in Texas

Subject: “Can PUC fix the ‘generational’ chaos in time?” Business history on Sunday.

Peter Lake, who was named chairman of the Public Utility Commission by Governor Greg Abbott, is doing little to instill confidence in updating the state grid to avoid the chaos of the polar nightmare last February. He seems more concerned with protecting the providers than the people. Coupled with the loopholed policies of the industry-controlled Texas Railroad Commission, our future looks frighteningly dangerous.

The assets least affected by the freeze last February were renewable energy. However, Lake does not mention the expansion of wind and solar energy or the use of battery storage. Instead, he recommends “increasing the number of energy systems that can be switched on if necessary”. He advocates inclined natural gas-fired peak power plants.

We know that the deadly polar disaster was exacerbated by the effects of greenhouse gases released during the combustion, degradation and transportation of natural gas (methane). Does Lake really believe that a problem can be solved by increasing the level of risk that contributed to it in the first place?

Deceive us once, shame on you; fool us twice, shame on us.

Edward Soph, Denton

Tell the truth about America

Re: “That Annoying Theory,” by Jordan Perkey, Sunday Letters.

First of all, many thanks to Perkey for an excellent letter. Second, I propose a translation for critical racial theory: “The True Story of American History”. Why was I, a high school student in the United States in the 1950s, not briefed on the Tulsa massacre that happened in 1921? Thirty years is enough to write that down in the history books.

Why wasn’t I taught that the American Confederation was blessed as “divinely ordained” by leading Southern Baptists? (See White Too Long by Robert P. Jones, pages 34-38). The truth turns out to be painful.

It’s hard to hear, learn, and it breaks our belief system that we, the American people, are exceptional. We believed we were better than everyone else. Turns out we are not. Only by facing these terrible truths can we fix so many mistakes.

Ellen Taylor, North Dallas

Three topics about the stones

I would like to address three topics about the Rolling Stones concert. At first the traffic situation was as bad as everyone says. It took us 10 minutes to get from my house to the end of the line of cars on Fitzhugh Avenue and another two hours to get to our seats. As the line crawled forward we could see empty parking lots – lots of them – but it wasn’t until we got to Gate 11 that the park people suddenly decided to move a barrier and open a second lane, which they should have done hours earlier.

Second, we all know that critics have to do more than rave about. However, once your critic was committed to his thesis – Mick is still great, the others less – found evidence of it. It’s called “Confirmation Bias” and we all do. Still, he far exaggerated the show’s few flaws to underline his point of view.

Finally, in his Sunday letter to the editorial staff, Ken Ashby accuses the Stones of self-censorship. The fact of the matter is, as much as we fans have loved it over the years, “Brown Sugar” has racist lyrics about a slave trader who forces enslaved women to have sex and is best off the setlist. And the omission of the line that “you and I” killed the Kennedys was just gracious, given the Dallas area. Even “bad guys” can have good manners.

Tom E. Stone, Dallas / M Streets

Deny, distract, blame others

After quarterback Aaron Rodgers claimed that his refusal to be vaccinated was not politically motivated, he then declared that he was the victim of a “witch hunt” by the “left.” Sound familiar? Rodger’s response to being caught lying about his anti-Vaxxer stance – denying, distracting, and blaming others – is the hallmark of Trumpism. The National Football League, the media, and professional football fans seem largely not buying his excuse that “health shouldn’t be political,” especially when his message includes criticism of President Joe Biden and his supporters.

“You know me. I march to the beat of my own drum, ”Rodgers said. Judging from his comments and actions, it is a sure thing that the eardrum on its surface is decorated with MAGA and the kettle is bright red.

Jim Paladino, Tampa, Florida.

A severe allergy

The only thing Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers is allergic to is common sense.

Paula C. Zeitman, Dallas

I missed the matchday schedule

Just a thank you for reconsidering your match day inclusion on the Cowboys Football team roster. It struck me on Sunday that you were also involving the opposing team. Thanks very much. It makes your coverage more complete. I cut out the list every game day to follow along with the TV show. I do that as long as I am a subscriber. I really missed it for the couple of weeks when you stopped it this year.

Frank Thomas Wojie, Coppell

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