MEDICAID
Poor lack insurance, need Georgia’s help
As a psychologist who works with children with autistic spectrum disorders, I am excited to see families of these children may finally receive insurance coverage for their children’s needs. However, I cannot help but wonder if Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle and other Georgia senators have family members with autism, but not family members who are poor and cannot afford medical insurance. It seems hypocritical to fight for coverage for children with autism, while fighting against the expansion of Medicaid for poor children.
CLARE RUBIN, ATLANTA
COMMENTARY
If you disagree with writer, don’t read him
Please assure the reader who complained about Thomas Sowell’s column (“Sowell’s comments on women are insulting,” Readers write, Feb. 21) that she does not have to read it. I encounter Paul Krugman’s and E. J. Dionne’s columns in several of the publications I receive. I disagree in principle with many of their arguments. I do not have to read them if I do not wish to do so. I do, however, enjoy Dr. Sowell’s commentary and do not find it all all insulting.
MARGARET DUCKWORTH, TUCKER
ENVIRONMENT
Is ‘climate change’ enriching someone?
Could Charles Krauthammer be wrong on global warming (“A climate science truth: Nothing is really ‘settled’,” Opinion, Feb. 21)? He states that climate change is not an accepted fact, that many scientific truths have proven themselves to be in error or not complete and therefore are not settled. He is wrong on climate change. In fact, the Democrats are correct in stating we are in the throes of climate change.
The proof I offer is from National Geographic’s August 2010 issue. Over the past 500,000 years, the world’s climate has been changing indeed. It swings from hot to cold on a regular, cyclical basis. Actually, it is so regular, it looks like a healthy heart rhythm. We happen to be at the peak of the predicted warm cycle. This is all easily displayed in graphic form in the magazine I cited. Technically, “climate change” is true, but the political ramifications are purely fabricated propaganda. Perhaps the “inquiring free press” can find who benefits from this hype. Here is a hint: Follow the money.
CARL ENGELBERT, MARIETTA
IMMIGRATION
Thanks for putting a face on the debate
Your story on Fredi Alcazar Dominguez ("Fredi's odyssey," Living, Feb. 16) puts a much-needed face on the immigration debate. While there were many salient points to the story, one aspect especially caught my attention. A young man who is not a threat to society had his hands and feet shackled, and then was imprisoned for months. His only crime was growing up in the United States. Surely this is a human rights violation. And surely prejudice and discrimination have something to do with it. At a minimum, we need to get this part right.
DARBY CHRISTOPHER, DUNWOODY
