RANDOM Letters

(Re: RLn Letters, Jan. 5-18, 2023)

I enjoyed “A Personal Journey From Red to Blue.” A sampling of Republicans from yesteryear:

Robert Lafollette — Senator founded The Progressive.

Hiram Johnson — California governor and the state’s first popularly elected senator was close to Franklin Delano Roosevelt and a staunch New Dealer.

Fiorello LaGuardia — Mayor of New York City and vongressman was simultaneously a socialist and used to walk precincts and speak Italian with his constituents.

Frederick Douglass —“Power concedes nothing without struggle. Those who want change without struggle want crops without plowing the land, want the ocean without its awful roar.”

Earl Warren —As Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he so pissed off local conservatives after the Brown v. Board decision that they threw up a billboard at Five Points calling for his impeachment.

Yeah, it’s a long way from “Honest Abe” to George Santos.

Steve Varalyay Torrance

While the First Amendment gives the right to publish what you want, it does not give the right to

Sincerely “The Masses”

While we normally don’t print anonymous letters to the editor we will make an exception in your case in response to which, I’d say that the U.S. Constitution does in fact protect people expressing themselves “Like an ass.” Just look at Donald J. Trump, he has been acting like one for years and the only time he was stopped temporarily is when he supported and encouraged an insurrection and even then he was just kicked off social media and has of yet not been indicted.

Thanks for the post card.

James Preston Allen, Publisher

Great article on MLK (“From the Mountain Top,” RLn, Jan. 19Feb. 1, 2023). We all need frequent reminding of where King stood de- spite major national media efforts to water his messages down. He championed labor rights and the needs of all disadvantaged people, not just civil rights clauses intended for legislation. The historian Michael Honey has proved this in his award-winning books and articles. Your reinforcement will surely help.

Harvey Schwartz El Serrito, CA

There is a Bible story (Genesis 9) where a man, in the worst interpretations, sodomizes his father while the father is passed out.

I request that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ban this chapter from the Pre-K to 12 public education curriculum in Florida.

Perhaps a committee could study other dangerous passages in the Bible.

“History, the mother of truth...”

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