I can remember in my younger days (I am now 83) when we used to watch “cowboy” movies. Of course, then, the bad guys always wore masks. Of course, times have changed, and until recently, if you were pulled over or had some dealings with the police, they were unmasked and would provide you with their name and even their badge number.<\/p>\n
Times have again changed since President Donald Trump, and we again have men wearing masks and sometimes identifying who they are, but have no problem shoving their victims around. They still appear to run in gangs anywhere from three or four to a dozen or so.<\/p>\n
Are they attacking only criminals? Some of those “criminals” appear to be international college students who have done nothing illegal, or men, women, or children who appear in court to follow procedures and do the right thing only to be grabbed, even in restrooms … or a young woman<\/a> with a baby and a 2-year-old child whose husband is a veteran … or they even will grab a U.S. senator.<\/p>\n I have always had wide respect for our officers who serve and respect citizens. Unfortunately, this is not the case now, and we have gangsters and mobsters pretending to be for law and order.<\/p>\n Wayne Wathen, Centennial<\/em><\/p>\n The U.S. Senate Finance Committee just released its proposals for changes to the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) reconciliation act. If it is possible, ignore the deficit total (if made permanent) of $4.8 trillion<\/a> and consider the proposed increases in the college endowment tax, which further penalizes our top research universities, this time for the loyalty of their alumni in\u00a0contributing to their endowments.<\/p>\n On top of this administration’s planned cuts to Pell Grants and the loss of federal research dollars for the future (and failures to pay for past work completed), with higher taxes on endowments through the OBBB, our top schools will be forced to limit even further their affordability to undergraduates (and in-state students in particular).<\/p>\n Please tell your senators and Congress members not to raise taxes on college endowments and to end the assault on college education.<\/p>\n John A. Eckstein, Denver<\/em><\/p>\nBig bill is an assault on education<\/h4>\n
Lawmakers should reconsider silencer provision in big bill<\/h4>\n