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Great Texas Air Show attendees tour a a B-25 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph bomber in May. A reader says San Antonio’s rich military history has served the community and shouldn’t be downplayed.<\/p>\n
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In this image provided by NASA, the Artemis II crew captured this view as the Earth sets behind the Moon during a lunar flyby in April. President Donald Trump signaled America’s intention to establish bases on the moon and Mars. A reader wonders if he is willing to champion the needed investment in education and research.<\/p>\n
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Re: \u201cDownplay military ties,\u201d<\/a> Your Turn, June 28:<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n San Antonio is home to several major U.S. military headquarters, making it one of the most significant military command centers, thus earning its moniker, “Military City, USA.”<\/p>\n Virtually every enlisted U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force recruit goes through San Antonio, and roughly 15% to 20% of all new military recruits spend time in San Antonio.<\/p>\n Blaming the military\u2019s affiliation with the city, and the letter writer\u2019s view that the city continues to be poor, is extremely shortsighted if not completely undeserved.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Hopeful for 2076<\/p>\n Re: \u201cWe the People \u2026 remain bound to the rights on which our nation was built,\u201d<\/a> Editorial, July 5:<\/p>\n I want to commend the Express-News and Austin American-Statesman editorial boards for a magnificent editorial.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n I have saved it for our descendants and hope our county can celebrate a 300th year with joy and less divisiveness in a nation that is an even truer democracy.<\/p>\n How to win space race<\/p>\n Science education is crucial to America\u2019s space aspirations.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n President Donald Trump, in his Fourth of July speech, gave a well-deserved shoutout to the four astronauts, three Americans and one Canadian, who flew around the back side of the moon in April and to NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, who is\u00a0perhaps the only qualified appointee Trump has made.<\/p>\n To his credit, Trump also signaled America\u2019s intention to establish bases on the moon and Mars.<\/p>\n Nevertheless, just as the U.S. bested the former Soviet Union in the early decades of the space race, in part, through significant funding directed to schools and universities for the study of science, technology, engineering and mathematics, the same must be done to counter the science and space ambitions of China.<\/p>\n Will Trump and Congress rise to the challenge?<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Stephen Shackelford, Austin<\/p>\n This is America?<\/p>\n Please send us a good shepherd to guide your people in the right direction.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n Our world is falling apart.<\/p>\n America is losing its identity. The poor and homeless are no longer wanted. Black people and people in the LGBTQ+ community are constantly being harassed and mistreated.<\/p>\n We seem to be going backward instead of making life easier for Americans. Doors are closing daily on institutions that used to offer help to the needy.<\/p>\n America, what happened to our soul? We are failing God by not protecting his people. We are being mean, cruel and disrespectful to our immigrants.<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n People come to America to find a better life, and we treat them terribly. We ought to be ashamed of ourselves.<\/p>\n May God forgive us for treating his people unlovingly.<\/p>\n \u00a0Abortion questions<\/p>\n Re: \u201cTexas Republicans split over abortion, IVF,\u201d<\/a> Metro, June 28:<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n While it is sadly not surprising some people in the anti-abortion movement would like to punish women for having abortions, even where abortion is allowed, there are many questions the anti-abortion movement refuses to answer or avoids.<\/p>\n How is enforced pregnancy and forced birth among humans even moral, let alone legal?<\/p>\n Can it be considered a form of gestational slavery, despite laws that officially forbid slavery?<\/p>\n Article continues below this ad<\/p>\n How does this comply with laws that supposedly protect women from having their bodies used against their\u00a0will?<\/p>\n Unless we get solid answers to these questions, how can anyone be certain the anti-abortion position is truly right?<\/p>\n Lawsuit abuse persists<\/p>\n