Standing by our Muslim sisters and brothers after massacre
Once again the religious world has felt the results of extremism of the worst kind.
The Arizona Interfaith Movement stands with our Muslim friends around the world who have felt this painful act of hate in New Zealand.
It should never be so that people of any faith should find themselves fearful to enter their house of prayer, but that is the world we live in today.
It is incumbent on all of us to always condemn these extreme groups of people regardless of our politics, our faith or our ethnicity.
We, at the Arizona Interfaith Movement, www.azifm.org have joined together with over 20 different faith communities to build bridges of understanding, respect and support for one another.
To my dear Muslim friends, we express our deepest sympathy for the loss of these lives and earnestly pray that these acts of violence and hate will cease in our world.
When people begin to live by the standard of the Golden Rule, which is found in all of our sacred writings, we can find peace in our world.
McSally bears the shame of voting for Trump’s wall emergency
Sen. Martha McSally disgraced herself by lying when she took the oath of office to uphold the U.S. Constitution and by extension Gov. Ducey with his appointment to her office.
Her vote to uphold President Trump’s wall emergency violated her oath and is just an extension of who she is. Any statements she has made can be considered just another lie.
Americans should be able to pursue admirable life goals
A question for those whose echo the imbecilic chamber-of-commerce response “more free stuff ” to any progressive policy proposal: Are you really so satisfied with the status quo?
Picture a young woman who graduates high school and then takes out a $20,000 loan to get a college degree and begin a humble career as a teacher or dental assistant.
If she were really frugal and managed to save a down payment, she could perhaps one day afford a mortgage on a modest home, let’s say a small condo for $150,000.
She’s now living the American dream of higher-education and home-ownership, yet she’ll spend the rest of her life diligently making minimum payments, and will ultimately pay over $200,000 in interest alone.
I’ve no doubt that to burnish their capitalist bona fides, the average Fox News viewer out there recites the Pledge of Allegiance as they fork over their quarter-million dollars in accrued interest payments to Wells Fargo and Citigroup and Chase Bank.
But please forgive the rest of us who believe that Americans should be able to pursue admirable life goals without being beholden to, or incessantly enriching, the grossly rich.
Debate is over — the largest part of climate change is man-made
On a recent Science Channel “What On Earth” episode there was a mystery about a great lighted area as big and bright as Chicago in the middle of North Dakota.
What showed up on satellite images turned out to be light from the burning off of excess natural gas at the oil fields.
The burning off was an economic decision that had to do with price of natural gas at the time. I wonder if there was any consideration to the effect of carbon emissions in doing so.
We all love to have cheap gas, and industries would all want to have fewer regulations. But we have often seen how profit feels about the environment.
Can’t both sides win? Ninety-five percent of the world’s scientists agree that the accelerated rate of climate change is man-caused, mostly by the burning of fossil fuels.
The ones who deny it is happening are mostly from the oil industry. World oceans and atmosphere carbon studies have been going since 1955. The debate is over.
Through technology, scientists and engineers will have to save ourselves from ourselves. But first we need to elect leaders who understand science and economics, not just one or the other.
Then everyone wins.