Star flight

The media needs to stop feeding the false narrative of the alleged space flight taken by Gayle King, Katy Perry and others. All they did was take an 11-minute flight into the sky and return. They never left the Earth’s atmosphere so they are NOT astronauts. This is an insult to the REAL astronauts who have spent years studying and preparing for their actual real missions into space.

Paul J. Baranofsky

Waltham

Earth Day

Re: ‘Earth Day in a drill, baby drill world,’ April 22.

Mr. Gaskin again confuses his Christian doctrine with the call to “engage in community and collective advocacy.” Having just celebrated the greatest historical point in the Christian calendar of Easter, would Mr. Gaskin like to call Jesus out for not protesting the cruelty and injustice with which the Roman government ruled the conquered Jews? Crucifixion, onerous taxes, persecution of minorities – it was all there for the leader of the Christian movement to actively protest but as He told people time and time again, His kingdom was different.  For he came to reconcile man to God and to defeat death which he conquered on that Easter Day.

Christians need to be responsible in all areas of life including politics, environment, family, etc. to reflect Jesus’ call to love others.

That’s what being salt in this world is all about.

The idea that the current green energy emphasis can meet the need of our country is purely Alice in Wonderland thinking.  The current technology cannot produce enough energy to meet present demand.

I would suggest that Mr. Gaskin look around at the Christians who have established such organizations as Catholic charities, The Salvation Army, YMCA, YWCA, Samaritan’s Purse, and World Vision to name a few and see how these efforts reach out on the one hand to the marginalized people in our culture to meet material needs and with the other hand offer the eternal hope that the message of Jesus’ sacrifice on the cross gives of everlasting life.

Tom Chamberlain

Canton

Fair share

It has long been true that America has a very progressive income tax system, one of the most progressive in the world. But many taxpayers do not know that, believing that the poor and middle classes assume the burden that the wealthy should pay. Democrats propagate that canard while following President Franklin Delano Roosevelt’s party ukase to “tax tax, spend, spend, elect elect.” The progressives these days follow that party plan while demonizing those who in fact pay most of the income tax, namely, the wealthy who pay more than their share of the income pie. In fact, only about 4% of the lower half of earners pay any income tax at all. Lying is coin of the realm in liberal politics.

Paul Bloustein

Cincinnati, Ohio