People deserve respect, even if they’re tiny ones

“A person’s a person, no matter how small.”

Horton, the iconic elephant from the Dr. Seuss book, reminded us of the absolute truth of each person’s worth. The children brought to us in desperation should be treated with all the care Horton showed to the small immigrant people of “Whoville.” The Trumpetts blared it was someone else’s fault and someone else’s problem to correct.

The elephants in the rooms of the White House and the halls of Congress could hear the distraught voices of the smallest “Whos” among us if they stop tooting their own horns. AVIS MEEKS DAY, AUSTIN