Burying the lead from New Hampshire
Re: “Trump rolls in N.H. primary,” Jan. 24 news story
“Trump rolls in N.H. primary” shouts the article on page one. Except he didn’t. Donald Trump, the former president who lies about having won in 2020, only got 54% of the primary vote. By any standard this is a disaster – 46% of voters in the New Hampshire Republican primary want someone else to be their candidate. A more accurate headline would have been, “Haley gets 43% – it’s a race!” Which is why Trump is trying so hard to get her to quit.
Guy Wroble, Denver
The failure was in ending the “uncivil war”
Re: “Biden should admit failings and enact real solutions at border,” Jan. 21 commentary
In the first hour of his presidency, and just two weeks after the Jan. 6, 2021 riots, President Biden stood in front of the American people and the world and said, “… to restore the soul and to secure the future of America – requires more than words. It requires that most elusive of things in a democracy: Unity. … I pledge this to you: I will be a president for all Americans. I will fight as hard for those who did not support me as for those who did. … We must end this uncivil war that pits red against blue, rural versus urban, conservative versus liberal.”
I watched the inauguration address live in its entirety. At the end of his speech on Jan. 20, 2021, I had hope that We the People had made the right choice and elected a president that would bring peace and unity back to America. From then on, however, President Biden has only escalated “this uncivil war” and further divided us.
President Biden should admit his failure to end the “uncivil war.” He should immediately call for a “cease-fire” between the Democrats and Republicans and work with both parties “to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace among ourselves and with all nations” (President Lincoln). Until there is peace in our government, we are helpless and hopeless in enacting real solutions at the border or anything else that really matters.
Daniel G. Zang, Lakewood
Vote to end slaughterhouses in Denver
Years ago, my friend was driving down Brighton Boulevard when a sheep ran in front of her car. She slammed on the brakes. He was running so fast and was obviously terrified. She couldn’t catch him even if she wanted to. Besides, what could she do if she did? Her thought as the sheep ran out of sight, she has told me, was that she hoped someone could catch him and return him to his loving home.
This was before my friend knew what happened at the National Western Stock Show, just a few blocks away.
Most animals brought to the stock show are strutted around, judged, sold to the highest bidder, and are taken to a local butcher or trucked off to a slaughterhouse, such as Superior Farms in north Denver. It’s especially sad to see children raise an animal from birth, only to know what will happen to their best friend.
A few years ago, my friend joined a group protesting the Stock Show, and parading to the Superior Farms slaughterhouse a half-mile away, holding signs and stopping traffic. I recently joined her in the local animal community as well, where we try every year to bring awareness.
You can help animals destined for slaughter by voting in favor of the ballot initiative this November to close slaughterhouses in Denver. As Pro-Animal Future has argued, evolving away from slaughterhouses will protect both animals, workers, neighborhoods, water, and our climate.
Phoenix Huber, Denver
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