Vile, despicable things

Never in my nearly seven decades did I imagine I would be face to face with so many people espousing and enacting such vile, despicable, evil things as I now encounter on a daily basis—particularly those entrusted with upholding the Constitution and serving the American people.

Upon hearing repeated warnings growing up that we must never forget what the Nazis did, I naïvely thought that such horrors could never happen again, especially here in the USA. I was wrong.

I am saddened and frightened to witness the apparent destruction of all that is good in America by a mad president and his power-hungry Republican cronies who do not cherish the most basic human values—of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness—and who have no compunction trampling on the rights and welfare of those who are less advantaged, not to mention abandoning their sacred responsibility to care for our planet.

GARY TOUB Eureka Springs