Letters on GOP elephant, money trees, Keith, abortion
How real elephants choose their leader
Elephants are known for their intelligence and highly structured society. In the book “Elephant Company,” which documents the lives of working Asian elephants in the forests of Burma in the 1920s leading up to World War II, the author wrote about some life lessons from elephants that could be applied to people.
Apparently, Asian elephants have a natural system for choosing a leader from their group. In doing so, dominance did not translate into leadership. An elephant could be in authority without being a bully. Confidence was needed for leadership, rather than bravado. Belligerent males were not selected because of their erratic and unpredictable behavior.
It seems that the Republican mascot has a better way of selecting its leader than the party does.
William C. Skaer, Wichita
In hog heaven
When sugar daddy Bernie Sanders and Santa Claus Hillary Clinton are in charge in Washington, D.C., we will all be in hog heaven. There will be a chicken in every pot and money growing on every tree. All we have to do is go out and pick it. If we are too lazy or it is too hot, they will send someone out to do the work for us.
The top 1 percent will pay all of our taxes. There will be no more war, as the whole world will love us. If we do not intend to commit a crime, we will get a free pass.
When the rich go broke and the money trees die, we will all be equal. We will all be poor together.
Arnold Blevins, Wichita
Keith for judge
A vote for Greg Keith as a Sedgwick County District Court judge would be a vote cast for an experienced, fair and impartial judge. Keith has for years served as a municipal judge for several surrounding jurisdictions – Valley Center, Goddard, Park City, Haysville and Bel Aire, to name a few. Everywhere he has served, lawyers, public officials and police officers alike share my same high opinion of Keith.
I have practiced law for 48 years and have appeared in front of Keith hundreds of times. He is certainly qualified, and his demeanor for everyone in his courtrooms is above criticism.
G. Knute Fraser, Wichita
Culture coarsening
Great Britain banned the punishment of being “drawn and quartered” about 150 years ago. It’s no surprise that every poll shows that a majority of people object to abortion by dismemberment performed on living, unborn children.
Reflecting the will of the people, the Legislature banned such abortions. It cited the devaluing of human life and the way that it “coarsens” society to the humanity of the unborn child.
Yet some judges on the Kansas Court of Appeals imagine that the Kansas Constitution contains a right to dismember a living, unborn child. The question that must be asked is: Why do little children in the womb deserve a gruesome punishment?
Mary Kay Culp, Overland Park
Executive director, Kansans for Life
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This story was originally published July 23, 2016 at 12:03 AM with the headline "Letters on GOP elephant, money trees, Keith, abortion."