Letters to the editor

the crisis, broad Executive power to wage a war against the emergency…”

Barack Obama, “The Audacity of Hope”:

“... We want the rules governing our democracy to be fair … Some, like Justice Scalia, conclude that the original understanding must be followed and that if we strictly obey this rule, then democracy is respected … Others, like Justice Breyer … insist that sometimes the original understanding can take you only so far … we have to take context, history, and the practical outcomes of a decision into account ... As we read these documents ( The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution), they seem so incredibly right that it’s easy to believe they are the result of natural law, if not divine inspiration … Ultimately, though, I have to side with Justice Breyer’s view of the Constitution – that it is not a static but rather a living document, and must be read in the context of an ever- changing world.” ( Emphasis mine)

History has shown that the Progressives’ path to Utopia always destroys its host economy and ends in mass misery.

We have a clear choice in November at the local, state and federal levels. Do we want to curtail government power and let the economy grow or do we double down on government power and slide into economic obscurity and individual slavery? Vote accordingly! John “Jock” MacGregor

Hot Springs sult of capitalism. Those of us who are poor can look to the rich and strive to become one of them. If there were no rich among us, where would be the incentive to improve our lot in life? Those who are rich spend their wealth and thereby provide the means for the poor to grow, invent, maintain, transport, buy and sell and otherwise improve ourselves.

One of the “problems we face” is too much government. If we spend any part of the “$ 2 billion or so this campaign will cost” proving that point, it will be money well spent. M. Wayne Spencer

Hot Springs