Unsuitable content
The Ledger-Enquirer urges teachers to use the newspaper in the classroom. I am a retired teacher who used it many times to teach reading, writing, and mathematics in the classroom. I was so proud to be teaching students practical skills such as reading and analyzing articles for bias; math skills using the grocery ads and classified ads; and writing by dissecting articles to determine format, sentence structure, and spelling.
My head flipped when I opened the Ledger a few days ago and saw the huge ad featuring two naked men standing there with an “18+ only” sign. Is there anyone with a brain at the Ledger-Enquirer anymore? I guess the publisher thinks that a child's eyes will just keep going and know that it is not for them just because it says 18+.
Evidently, the Ledger-Enquirer is not a family newspaper anymore. So be it; that is their choice.
Pearl Mitchell, Columbus
Good business
Elizabeth Warren blasted Trump for saying he was waiting for the housing market to drop so he could buy prime properties at a bargain price. She said, "What kind of man does that?"
What? A smart man, Elizabeth! Did she even understand what she was saying? I myself am waiting for the stock market to crash so I can buy good stocks at a lower price, too.
Her preposterous statement illustrates the difference in thinking between a taxpayer and a politician paid by the taxpayers.
R.A. Valentine, Phenix City
Beyond the call
About a week ago I became ill with a nasty virus. Unable to get assistance, I called the Pharmacy at CVS. It was 2 a.m. Talked with Walt who was on duty; he promised to meet me at the drive-thru window with medicine.
I asked could he please open the bottle and pour the first dose; I was very nervous and shaky. He did. I was so very grateful.
Also want to mention the Columbus PD were driving around our city protecting us on my trip from North Columbus to Warm Springs Road and back. That was
a great comfort for me.
There are still kind and compassionate people in our world today. Thank you, Walt and Columbus PD!
Loraine H. Stewart, Columbus
Unlearned history
Speaking in Oslo in 1964, Martin Luther King declared: "Man’s proneness to engage in war is still a fact. But wisdom born of experience should tell us that war is obsolete. There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil force, but the destructive power of modern weapons eliminated even the possibility that war may serve as a negative good. If we assume that life is worth living and that man has a right to survive, then we must find an alternative to war."
I agree with Dr. King and I have even identified the alternative that he alluded to. Through my study of history, war, (but I repeat myself) modern weapons, and human nature I can now share that the alternative to war is for the United States to create and maintain such an incredibly powerful military that no nation state would risk the wrath incurred by challenging the U.S. or its interests.
Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait thinking that no one had the power or moral will to kick him out. While some would balk at the cost of such a military, the fact that "Peace through superior firepower" would prevent the greater cost of war, especially the cost of human life, This idea is not new, but implementation of it would be. After World War II our military was drastically cut, as it was after Korea and Vietnam. By drastically cutting our military and not using what we do have, President Obama is inviting aggression and war.
John Stephens, Columbus
This story was originally published June 2, 2016 at 4:16 PM with the headline "Unsuitable content."