Privacy Policy.<\/a><\/p>\nThen I went to law school and learned black and white were at opposite ends of a spectrum with many shades of gray in between. Even right and wrong had nuances. <\/p>\n
With each year, I felt my humanity growing as well. My brother came out, and my loathing toward gays turned to enlightened acceptance \u2014 my brother was a good guy. <\/p>\n
Near the end of my working days, my political party was usurped by MAGA minions, and my world turned upside down. Truth became fake news, lying became acceptable, and my brothers on the football team were tossed aside by my government in an attempt to whitewash our history. <\/p>\n
It seems each week now, something new occurs with drastic results. Everything is deemed an emergency giving the president unprecedented powers, which eventually are ruled unconstitutional. Why won\u2019t the damn Congress assert itself? They represent us, and yet they ignore our plight. <\/p>\n
Guess what? Come November, my vote is not going to one incumbent. Not one. My helplessness is now power. This ain\u2019t my America.<\/p>\n
Jeffrey L. Breithaupt, Santa Rosa, Calif.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to keep up<\/p>\n
Re: \u201cWe Don\u2019t Know Why Dallas Elected Givens,\u201d March 6 Editorials.<\/p>\n
Underlying your opinion piece is an assumption that our populace generally favors those with more experience and more qualifications. I would argue that qualifications are just one of myriad reasons why any particular candidate comes out ahead.<\/p>\n
Other factors may include, but are not limited to: money, race, class, whether the candidate is a perceived underdog, the candidate\u2019s ability to exert change from outside the system, personality and physical appearance. <\/p>\n
Also keep in mind that the recent primary ballot was long, with more than 100 items across 19 pages. It is simply hard and exhausting to keep up.<\/p>\n
Politics is among the oldest and most elusive professions in human history. Despite thousands of years of institutional knowledge, I find it amazing that our political polling often fails to accurately predict human behavior. <\/p>\n
Jimmy J. Tran, Dallas<\/p>\n
Reining in compensation<\/p>\n
Re: \u201cFrom nil, to NIL,\u201d Sunday business story.<\/p>\n
The many problems that are present today are directly tied to the many fumbles of the NCAA and its hard-headed approach to the new world of athletes\u2019 compensation. To make matters worse is the White House meeting to discuss how to shore up support for the Student Compensation and Opportunity Through Rights and Endorsements Act. The visuals were of a low order, as a group of older, mostly white, millionaires discussed the ways to rein in compensation for the mostly Black college football and basketball players.<\/p>\n
Here is the root of the problem: The people who were represented in the White House and in your NIL story do not want to focus on increasing revenue but on how to level the compensation for the athletes, regardless of the revenue that the athlete or school generates. <\/p>\n
We\u2019ve heard the same thing about the men\u2019s and women\u2019s World Cup, the WNBA and the NBA.<\/p>\n
Here is an idea for the guidelines going forward. Create new divisions for schools, one for big-revenue schools and one for small-revenue schools. Give schools in each division an annual or tri-annual opportunity to move up or down, depending on guidelines based on revenue. The kids could have one or two transfer opportunities within five years. Leave 15% for the nonrevenue sports.<\/p>\n
Thomas R. Youngblood, Dallas<\/p>\n
Success masks big issues<\/p>\n
Re: \u201cHere\u2019s why Texas\u2019 economy keeps outpacing the rest of the nation,\u201d Monday Business story.<\/p>\n
This story on the roaring Texas economy leaves out important context: the human toll of that boom. Specifically, what we\u2019ve done to the people of our state to get here.<\/p>\n
Texas routinely ranks near the bottom in health care access and graduation rates, and at 49th or 50th for supporting individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities. While our overall poverty rates have declined, 76 of our 254 counties experienced an uptick in poverty rates from 2018 to 2022, mostly in rural areas. In fact, Texas has the largest rural poverty population in the country.<\/p>\n
Gross domestic product is only one measure of a state\u2019s health. Texans pride themselves on family values, but do our state policies reflect them? Our abysmal maternal mortality rates suggest not.<\/p>\n
We can and should be proud of our economic progress, but we should watch how we treat our neighbors, or it will come back to haunt us. Our fellow Texans must be educated, healthy, well-fed and employed if they\u2019re going to continue to power this economic engine.<\/p>\n
Anne Marie Power, Dallas<\/p>\n
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