America’s golden age was the post-World War II era of the Late 1940s through the fabulous 1950s until the assassination of President Kennedy in November of 1963.
After the murder of President Kennedy, American as a whole has been on a major decline as a nation. Diverse social and spiritual problems exist in America and those obstacles continue to escalate.
Abortion, divorce, gay marriage, racism, gender confl ict, economic injustice, etc., are pertinent issues that must be addressed by the political and spiritual powers that be in our nation.
Where are the statesmen in ourgovernment at the present time? We don’t need career politicians in public oft ce, but statesmen. Where are the spiritual leaders, “clerics,” at in America at the present time? We don’t need liberal preachers that proclaim a watereddown Gospel. But we need spiritual leaders that will assert the uncompromised Word of God.
In closing, America is very much on a downward decline as a nation, and she is sinking fast.
BILL BOATRIGHT
Fayetteville PAPER USES FOIA TOO MUCH
Ihave been a reader of
the Northwest ArkansasTimes my entire life. In the last several years I have seen many changes to the Times: ownership; a decrease in newsprint size;
a decrease in the amount of local news; a decrease in the number of individual writers; and, the “updating” of the masthead. What’s changing next, the name of the paper?
I have a suggestion if you decide to rename the paper: The FOIA Times.
The Arkansas Freedom of Information Action has become a regular subject filling column inches that should be filled with local news.
So, since the FOIA seems to be an important focus of the paper, just use it in the masthead.
Don’t get me wrong, it is important that the mediahas access to government and the FOIA is the tool needed to keep government transparent.
However, your plaintive editorials and guest columns regarding misapplication of the FOIA seems akin to the boy crying “wolf.”
If the (paper)boy keeps crying “FOIA,” will readers start turning a deaf ear?
And, if readers turn a deaf ear, who will hear the (paper)boy’s cry when the wolf is at the door making a direct attack on the FOIA?
Therefore, I have a simple request: Please scale back your rhetoric regarding the FOIA. It’s causing a ringing in my ears and I think I’m getting a little tone-deaf.
BRITT WINDHAM
Fayetteville
Opinion, Pages 5 on 12/25/2012