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California wants funding
for arts training
Re. “Don't lock in additional California faculty spending,” Web page A6, Aug. 12:
The Mercury Information must maintain its mouth shut and opinions silent relating to instructional funding. Particularly the humanities.
Regardless of its deceptive editorial, California is woefully behind different states on the subject of arts training. California Ok-8 college students obtain spotty, if any, arts instruction. Many college students are launched to the humanities for the primary time in highschool. As a former artwork instructor, I can state that no district will voluntarily designate present funding to the humanities. As an artist, I also can attest that offer prices have quadrupled. A 1% finances improve will hardly go far.
The Bay Space was as soon as a thriving arts group wealthy with artists, musicians and performers. Then tech moved in with its soulless algorithms and pushed out all semblance of humanities. The Mercury Information has championed tech training for years. It’s time to begin wanting past STEM and begin supporting artistic training in all varieties.
T.A. Barbella
San Jose
Advances in dementia
therapy welcome
Re. “What Robin Williams’ widow desires you to learn about the way forward for Lewy physique dementia,” Aug. 17:
I misplaced my mother to Lewy physique dementia and understand how painful it's to observe a beloved one slip away. I applaud Susan Schneider Williams for her dedication to elevating consciousness about this horrible illness.
She’s proper – it’s arduous to get a prognosis and really feel assured that you just’re offering the very best help and take care of your beloved. There are some choices for therapy however no treatment and plenty of don’t know the place to seek out assist.
Fortunately, the Alzheimer’s Affiliation affords free help teams, data and providers for all dementias, together with Lewy physique. I actually used these providers once I felt unsure. It made such a distinction to listen to that I used to be doing proper by my mom.
I hope that by working collectively, we will proceed to enhance prognosis, early detection and therapy for these dwelling with dementia. Schneider Williams is correct once more: “Each yard gained issues.”
Elizabeth Edgerly
San Jose
Cheney is a distinction
to sycophant McCarthy
Re. “Trump foe Liz Cheney loses election,” Web page A4, Aug. 17:
If and when and a “Profiles of Political Braveness” record is drawn up, Liz Cheney’s title will definitely be on it. Her willingness to threat her congressional seat, and maybe, her profession, for the sake of precept and saving our constitutional democracy is a mark of her braveness.
On the different excessive is our home-grown Donald Trump devotee, Republican Home Minority Chief Kevin McCarthy, who has taken the artwork of Trump sycophant to new ranges. There may be nothing he received’t stoop to within the pursuit of political energy. His current remark that “Democrats’ new military of 87,000 IRS brokers might be coming for you,” is a brand new low as he continues to grovel to the MAGA crowd.
One wonders if McCarthy is ready to look himself within the mirror.
Chandran Cheriyan
Saratoga
Cheney’s concentrating on Trump
killed congressional hopes
Re. “Trump foe Liz Cheney loses election,” Web page A4, Aug. 17:
With Rep. Liz Cheney’s actual marketing campaign slogan, “Will you stand with me and combat towards the lies and the liar?” concentrating on former President Trump, she killed her personal congressional profession.
As a former member of Congress, I questioned why Cheney self-immolated.
So I rhetorically requested her why she is doing this towards her fellow Republican, former President Trump. Her reply got here from her marketing campaign literature: It was a hard-headed “Not backing down”. Yep, Cheney suffered from a type of “Trump derangement syndrome.”
After fascinated about her destiny I rested on what my almost decade of elected service taught me: A rook like Cheney can't defeat a king, Trump, by pulling a Joan d’Arc political suicide. And I predict that Cheney received’t be canonized for her sacrifice by our Republican Celebration as Joan d’Arc was posthumously.
Ernie Konnyu
San Jose
Carbon pricing would
assist IRA local weather objectives
The Aug. 17 Mercury Information Enterprise web page article, “Scientists say new local weather regulation is more likely to cut back warming,” (Web page C7) helps the local weather results predicted by legislators after they handed the Inflation Discount Act. That is nice information.
Wanting carefully on the local weather provisions of the IRA, I notice that a lot of the carbon emission reductions might be in two business sectors, electrical energy and transportation. This discount will be the low-hanging fruit. What concerning the different 57% of emissions Invoice Gates estimates come from manufacturing, agriculture and buildings?
A carbon pricing coverage would additionally tackle these different emissions. And the coverage wants to incorporate a border adjustment charge that encourages all U.S. buying and selling companions, particularly China, to additionally cut back their emissions. That is achievable. Such carbon pricing and border adjustment payments have already been launched in Congress and are sitting there ready for motion. Demand continued motion out of your congressional representatives.
Rob Hogue
Menlo Park