Letters on Trump, India, barber
Politicians won’t disavow Trump
Many Republican politicians up for re-election admit they won’t disavow Donald Trump. Offending his supporters might undermine their chances for re-election.
The congressmen do seem to know Trump would be an incompetent president – perhaps even dangerous. But they are willing to keep their mouths shut in order to further their own careers. Apparently the term “ethical behavior” is not in their vocabulary.
Some are saying that if Trump stays on message – which means reading speeches written for Trump and unembellished by Trump – the politicians may get to keep their seats in Congress.
Trying to prop up an incompetent candidate to save their own collective skin is outrageous and scary. Time for term limits.
Phyllis Stanley, Augusta
India miracle
India got its independence on Aug. 15, 1947. It is a miracle that India – with a population of 1.3 billion people, 29 states, seven union territories, six religions and 22 major languages – continues to follow democratic traditions.
India and the United States have always been on friendly terms. People in India looked to America’s support for independence. I was a teenager at the time.
Islam is in the news so often these days. The safety of my (future) wife and her parents during the riots around the independence day in 1947 was due to two Muslim families – one for giving her parents secret information about the future events and the other for facing some other Muslims at a critical moment.
The immigrants from India have contributed a lot to the society in Wichita. The Cultural Association of India, founded in 1985 to represent the Indian community in Wichita, will celebrate the event on Aug. 20 in O.J. Watson Park.
Prem N. Bajaj, Wichita
Lundy memories
What a joy it was to read the article about Richard Lundy’s many barbering years (Aug. 8 Eagle). When my husband, Charles, became pastor of Mt. Vernon United Methodist Church in 1979, we soon became friends of the Lundy family. My husband had found his barber and followed him from shop to shop, even after taking disability and retirement.
Time went by and my husband was confined to a wheelchair. Every other Friday evening, Lundy would pull up in front of the house in his well-worn station wagon, and arrive at our front door with equipment in hand. By the time the hair was cut and the floor swept, I had dinner on the table. I soon found that dinner followed by upside-down pineapple cake could be fair exchange for a good haircut.
Lundy was not only a good barber but an artist with paper and pencil. The framed cowboy drawings on the walls in his shop are by his hand. I am grateful for these memories.
Betty J. Curtis, Wichita
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This story was originally published August 15, 2016 at 12:05 AM with the headline "Letters on Trump, India, barber."