CLIMATE CHANGE
Climate change didn’t occur as fast as today
Regarding “Nothing new about this phenomenon” (Readers Write, March 23), the AJC reader who espouses the normalcy of climate change evidently picks and chooses what science he uses to make his point. Of course, the climate has always been in flux; but as the reader notes, this occurs in the span of tens or even hundreds of thousands of years. The problem is that we are seeing changes in the span of a human lifetime. There is no comparison whatsoever. If we continue to ignore the overwhelming scientific consensus that human activity is responsible for the change that’s already underway, we doom our children and grandchildren to a much different world than the one we inherited. Ninety-seven percent of scientists agree that we’re to blame. This is not politics or political correctness. It’s fact. Ignoring the science is reckless and irresponsible. The late Georgian Ray Anderson of Interface provided business and industry with a profitable model to respond to the global climate crisis. If more people listened to his message, perhaps we would see progress, not endless bickering and denial of the facts.
BRANDON SUTTON, ATLANTA
STEWARDSHIP
Need to look at who we spend money on
As Pope Francis says, “Who am I to judge”? In a sense, we are all to blame for how we capitulate to the excessiveness of our culture. Those who questioned the exorbitant use of the Margaret Mitchell money at the Cathedral of Christ the King are admirable (“Church’s building plans anger parishioners,” News, March 23). When we see how much money is being spent for “ourselves” in our church, we are dismayed. The deed is done, as our archbishop has acknowledged. Our own state has rejected Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, both of which would help bring people out of poverty. Let us look at our own lives and how our yearning to end poverty could move us to act with courageous compassion. Isn’t that what Jesus did that got him into trouble?
PATRICIA CARAHER, ATLANTA
SOCIAL MEDIA
Absurd TV response obscures real issues
We have plenty of serious issues facing this country that should demand our primary attention: health care, health insurance, deficit spending, the debt, Social Security funding, Medicare funding, 30 percent school drop-out rates, unemployment, and dangerous behavior by Iran, Russia and other countries. Yet many viewers of TV’s “The Good Wife” are so traumatized by the exit of one of the show leads that they have issued a plea for counselors to treat jolted fans. Get real. Get a life. This is social media run amok. Our next generation of “leaders” live in such a fantasy world that there is no way they are prepared to take charge of the “real” world once this senior generation passes.
P.D. GOSSAGE, JOHNS CREEK
