Re: “Scholar denied tenure at UT,” Front Page, Wednesday:
The University of Texas at Austin’s leadership has put the world on notice.
Academic freedom is verboten. Indoctrination, not education, is the new UT motto.
I graduated college in the 1960s, and I never thought I would see the day when a university would cave so completely to political pressure. The political climate will eventually change, but unfortunately UT will never come back from this injustice.
Re: “Hegseth estimates Iran conflict has cost the U.S. $37.5B so far,” Nation & World, Wednesday:
So, U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth wants millions more for the war with Iran.
Why not ask President Donald Trump and his family to give some of their ill-gotten money accrued while he is in office to help with the war effort?
Perhaps Trump could give his jet from Qatar to help fund the war he started.
Study of our American voting system, recent court cases and personal experience now as a senior citizen have resulted in my absolute faith that our elections are free and accurate.
Our president, Donald Trump, has been claiming, without evidence, that our elections are inaccurate because of supposed fraud with mail-in ballots and faulty voting machines.
There are errors, but all evidence shows the errors are small and do not influence the outcome of elections.
If elections are fraudulent, Trump’s own electoral successes would become suspect. To end debate on this situation, we should invite serious outside observers to judge our midterm election.
I would be confident in a judging and investigative contingent from Norway and Sweden to observe our voting processes, test all returns for accuracy and provide an independent public assessment of the vote to the American people.