Are our leaders mice or men?
Trump's firing of James Comey is reminiscent of Richard Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre," when he fired Archibald Cox in an attempt to obstruct justice in the Watergate investigation.
One of the key figures who stopped Nixon from escaping the long arm of the law was our own Howard Baker. He was a man of honesty and integrity who rose to the occasion when America needed him. He was an American first before he was a Republican.
Mike Pence once said he was a Christian first, a conservative second and a Republican third. He failed to mention being an American. The modern Republican politicians seem to follow in the footsteps of Pence rather than the heroic path of Howard Baker.
When a president is abusing his powers, obstructing justice and lying about it constantly, can the American people depend on the faint-hearted Bob Corker, Lamar Alexander, and Chuck Fleischmann to stand up for America? Are there any men, other than John McCain, among the Republican mice?
Howard Baker would not be intimidated by chinless Mitch McConnell or heartless Paul Ryan. Based on past cowardice, it is not likely Corker, Alexander, or Fleischmann will suddenly grow spines.
Kate Stulce, Ooltewah
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'Art Of The Deal' shouldn't be ours
Why did Jesus overthrow the tables of the moneychangers? More than just their fraudulent dealing, it was an expression of the same selfishness that caused the war in heaven.
Lucifer said, "I will ascend into heaven ... I will be like the Most High" (Isaiah 14:12-20). We are all tarred with that same selfish nature and can overcome it only by allowing God to show us where it is, and to take it away.
Instead, some permit it to grow throughout life, grasping what they can in a controlling passion. They even come to believe they have a right to all they can snatch. T
he unprecedented, rampant inequality with us today should signify the delusive nature of our problem.
I was impressed in reading Donald Trump's "The Art of the Deal" by how well it illustrates this dilemma. It is a prospectus for "getting what I want" by just push, push, push until it happens; and I sit in the middle of the whole world, owning it all, as in the words of Isaiah 5:8.
None of us can afford to be comfortable in that mindset.
Richard Burns, Cleveland, Tenn.