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Speak Out allows readers to comment on the issues of the day. Email Speak Out at speakout@southtownstar.com or call 312-222-2427. Please limit comments to 30 seconds or about 100 words and give your first name and your hometown.
Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia, wore a heavy, white winter coat trimmed with white fur to the State of the Union message. Why anyone would wear such a coat in that packed, overcrowded House of Representatives chamber is a mystery. She must be a very cold person.
George, South Side
To Wes in Orland Park, you have failed to give any supporting facts to support your claims about reading the Old Testament. The Old Testament has many accounts of God’s sovereign powers, accounts of creation, the exodus from Pharoah’s Egypt, the acquisition of the Promised Land (modern day Israel) and Israel’s long cycle of obedience to God, then disobedience, then punishment and then obedience again.
J.I., Oak Lawn
Just heard on TV that Ukrainian soldiers are running out of ammunition, mostly for their rifles and such. I don’t know why, Chicago has plenty of supplies on hand. Maybe perhaps we can end the war with the supply that we have, all the bangers. All we have to do is get their ammo.
John, Bridgeport
I can see both sides to the news that additional cases will be dropped against jailed singer R. Kelly. On one hand, he’s going to be locked up for most of the rest of his life. No more fancy clothes, shoes, cars or women for him. On the other hand, one rally point of the Me Too movement was that women must be heard and not denied justice. But these four women are being denied their day in court. They’re being told that for them, justice is just too expensive. High ideals are often not financially viable.
Joan, Oak Forest
Bill, from Plainfield, although the right to bear arms to protect ourselves, for sport and to hunt are not clearly identified in the Second Amendment, I will agree that it is implied, and supported by Supreme Court decisions. However, the Second Amendment was added to the Constitution at a time when we had no standing army and there was great fear that the threat of local rebellions created a need for local/state militias. In other words, the Second Amendment was principally created to protect the unity and supremacy of the national government, not as a line of defense against a tyrannical one.
Denny, Orland Park
