Letters: Only the GOP denies humanity’s effect on climate change
Submit your letter to the editor via this form Read more Letters to the Editor GOP alone denies man s effect on surroundings Re Marin County relatives of ex-Giants pitcher Tyler Walker among missing Page A July As a grandfather of children the age of those caught in the exceptional river flooding in Texas Hill Country I am horrified at the death toll of such young and innocent children My heart goes out to the families who lost children in this event I hope the family of former Giants Pitcher Tyler Walker will be among the survivors Related Articles Letters With Trump s tax law signed protest is even more critical Letters Donald Trump s tax law is no gift to the U S Letters Supreme Court upholds Trump s inhumane policies Letters DA reflects Santa Clara County s views on death penalty Letters Without spending cuts Berkeley only delays the pain I am also angry at those in power with no knowledge of context dynamics declaring that man-made atmosphere change is a liberal swindle At a minimum man-made circumstances interference increased the magnitude of the downpour as warmer temperatures cause more moisture in the atmosphere We are the only developed country that has a major political party promoting such nonsense There are right-wing parties throughout the globe but they do not deny man-made setting change Gary Latshaw Cupertino Keep NIH NSF funding to reap training benefits For students who must work off-campus jobs act as caretakers or independently find scientific mentors investing the time and money for scientific training can be prohibitive Until in recent times the National Institutes of Strength and the National Science Foundation managed programs that broadened science training access to exactly these students Students were supported holistically through tuition scholarships stipends to perform research in faculty laboratories funding to attend professional scientific conferences and mentorship in preparing Ph D and internship applications From one such scheme at San Jose State University U-RISE of trainees pursued careers in science creating a vibrant workforce ready to tackle pressing robustness problems In the upcoming year it will be critical to maintain funding to the NIH and NSF and to expand programs that increase access to training in science so that our society continues to reap the benefits of scientific advances for decades to come Sonia Singhal San Jose Change county charter and redirect savings Re Supervisors should find way to say no to ballot Page A July I agree with Judy Barbeau change the Santa Clara County charter and while doing so demonstrate leadership for at least all of California to establish that no person age and older may run for elected office The millions saved will be needed in the Citizens Medical Department with the next opportunistic infection in our country most of assuredly Barbara Rieder Palo Alto Will the future tell the truth about Trump Obituaries for prominent citizens are typically written beforehand and I wonder what has been written about Donald John Trump Will right-wing sources admit that he was essentially a self-promoted real estate dealmaker and a scofflaw landlord without prior national or global political experience and that he was never committed to constitutional democracy Will Fox News in the end acknowledge that their sinister political promotion of Trump for the presidency was aimed solely at boosting their media revenue Will those epitaph writers acknowledge how Trump manipulated American voters with a crafty simple-minded story line into giving him the second-term power aided by his Supreme Court appointees to dictate extreme nationalistic policies Will the truth be stated about his role in transforming ICE into a Gestapo-like secret police force while politicizing every federal regime agency Perhaps AI will give us that honest accounting Jerry Meyer San Jose Accords are notable for countries that didn t sign Re Column ignores Mideast reset toward peace Page A July Brian Suckow cites the Abraham Accords as proof that Arab states can establish peaceful diplomatic relations with Israel without an independent Palestinian state While it is good that diplomatic relations have been established between Israel and Morocco Sudan Bahrain and the UAE it is central to note that Bahrain and the UAE have never been at war with Israel Suckow s message that the Abraham Accords have caused a shift in regional dynamics would be much stronger if countries like Syria Lebanon or Iraq were part of these accords Tim Avila Santa Clara Trump is methodically taking our democracy Re LAPD masses baffled by ICE masks actions Page B July This is not the America I grew up in This is not the America my father fought for in World War II Masked ICE agents forcefully snatching people off our streets incarcerating them is a traumatizing experience and a reminder of Jews taken and sent to death camps by Hitler What s next John Kelly a former Marine general who worked for Donald Trump from - warned us of Trump s admiration of Hitler s generals President Trump s authoritarianism created by replacing expertise with loyalists in his administration centralizes and increases his presidential power resulting in the loss of our democracy Susan Dillon Morgan Hill
