Education more vital than a sports venue
Regarding “Single stadium sought” (News, April 26), how much education can $1 billion buy?
That is a question Georgia leaders need to ask themselves when deciding on a new sports stadium. If they do not, maybe they are not the leaders we need. When China, South Korea, Japan and other countries are surging ahead in education, we need to ask ourselves whether we are discussing the right priorities.
A stadium accommodates a few. One billion dollars can educate a whole generation. This question is too important to be left to politicians. The public must wake up — or their children will be left behind in this new global economy.
Guadalupe A. Reyes, Dunwoody
Simple life not easy but can be rewarding
Regarding the debate about stay-at-home moms, several issues impede living on one income. A number of women choose to have children without a husband (which often yields poverty, among other deficits).
Today’s Americans are also unwilling to live the way we did in the 1950s and 1960s, when most moms did stay at home. We had a small house with one bath. We had one car, which Dad drove to work. Mom made our clothes, baked, cooked meals, and canned fruit and vegetables. There were few salon visits and no manicures. When collars and cuffs were worn, Mom turned them. She darned socks. There were no maids or yard men.
Birthday parties were simple family affairs. We got three gifts for Christmas. My aunts, uncles and grandparents all lived near us. We were as happy as anyone else.
If you want to stay home with your kids, get a husband and be prepared to live a simple life.
Michele Hamlin, Sandy Springs
Ramirez is excellent, an asset to the AJC
Congratulations to the AJC for providing balanced viewpoints. “Ramirez’s viewpoint often is mean-spirited” (Readers write, Opinion, April 26) stated “Michael Ramirez’s editorial cartoon opinions do not represent Atlantans (or Georgians).”
The reader felt Ramirez’s viewpoints were “mean-spirited,” that “giving him and his constituents equal space is disproportionate to the sliver of privileged views they espouse.”
The same letter could have been written by me about Mike Luckovich’s liberal cartoons. I am a huge fan of Michael Ramirez (not only sharing his political viewpoint), his clever wit and artistic ability.
I challenge readers to compare both men’s cartoons for a month and come to their own conclusions about who the superior artist and editorialist is. Representing both sides, and striking a nerve with those who don’t even believe there are more than a “sliver” of conservatives in Georgia, show the AJC is heading in the right direction.
Laura Carter, Duluth
