At the same time, they are fueling conservative attacks on secular institutions, like public education with “divisive concepts” laws and “bounties” on teachers by the “Moms for Liberty.” These folks want nothing less than a privileged place for their theology in the archbishop’s “public square” - a square once safeguarded by the now-crumbling wall between church and state. ), “a coordinated effort by Christian Nationalists to inject religion into public education, attack reproductive healthcare, and undermine LGBTQ equality using a distorted definition of ‘religious freedom.’ ” No place is this activism more apparent than in “Project Blitz” (see. 19), and in no way condone vandalism or violence, it was disappointing to see a lack of self-awareness of the responsibility the church bears in this unsettling phenomena.Īs the church becomes increasingly politically active in what happens in, among other places, the bedroom, the classroom, the courtroom, the library, the voting booth and the doctor’s office, it is unsurprising that there are people who take umbrage to this kind of intrusion into their democracy, and their personal lives. Aquila and Napa Institute Chairman Tim Busch (“Church vandalism is soaring in US,” Nov. While I agree with the commentary by Denver Archbishop Samuel J. West Lebanon The church’s political activism is to blame I am optimistic the problem will be resolved in the near future. That might very well be the best and safest place to store it. Holes have been drilled as deep as 3 miles. And the very dangerous waste? Many scientists favor burying the waste. Experts say a uranium or plutonium core cannot explode. If we rid ourselves of fossil fuels, what’s next?īut how safe are nuclear plants? New designs make the reactors unlikely to melt down. That leaves about 70% from fossil fuels, including petroleum, natural gas and coal. We get about 20% of our power from nuclear power plants, and about 10% from renewable sources. has 94 operating commercial nuclear reactors at 56 nuclear power plants in 28 states, but we seem to be behind the rest of the world. France gets about 75% of its power from nuclear reactors. Many countries - China, India, South Korea - are continuing to go the nuclear route.
Today’s new reactors are much safer than the old ones and are more simple to operate. I, and many others, say we should return to building nuclear power plants. How will it be generated? Wind, water and solar power will be necessary, but they are not always dependable and so far can produce only a small percentage of the power that will be required. But I understand the miners’ anguish and I sympathize with them.īut what to do? We will need great quantities of electrical energy to power all the electric cars, trains and trucks, to say nothing about the homes, businesses and industries. I am in favor of ending the use of fossil fuels. If the coal mines close, the workers lose their jobs. The article refers to the growing popularity of electric cars and the animosity between owners of the cars and coal miners. 14) should give pause to all who are concerned about global warming. The Washington Post article in the Sunday Valley News (“Strange bedfellows: In North Dakota, electric cars could help save coal,” Nov. Lebanon US should build more nuclear power plants Perhaps letter writers could first check that they are making logical analogies and stick to the main argument. Meanwhile, now that the bounty approach to solving problems is out of the bag, where will it end? Will there soon be a bounty on people who write letters to the editor, letters also deemed “divisive” and “damaging”? If history has taught us anything, it’s that the teaching of “safe” history - no racism, no sexism - might inflict upon children the idea that it’s OK to remain both racist and sexist. 19).ĭoes Edelblut believe that cosmetology and teaching are analogous? Is he arguing that it’s OK to have websites where parents can voice their concerns about their children’s safety from history lessons that might be perceived as hurtful or damaging? If that is the case, how does one define “hurtful” or “damaging” history lessons? What sort of damage does it do to children? I tried to make sense of this analogy, keeping in mind that the thrust of the article was about a conservative group’s offer of a $500 bounty on teachers who might dare to teach about racism and sexism (“Governor condemns ‘bounty’ tweet,” Nov. New Hampshire Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut made an analogy between websites that handle complaints about cosmetologists and one set up by the Department of Education to collect complaints against public school teachers.
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