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Letter to the Editor, Acting awards aren’t awesome Hello my name is Vista Doolittle and while reviewing the TV Guide, in hopes of locating something worthwhile to watch, which is extremely rare these days, I noticed that the 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards show was being broadcast on six channels, maybe on more, but I only have the 70 basic cable channels.  I can’t imagine having to pay for all those premium channels, which would only be paying more, for more of the same.  The 2017 MTV Movie and TV Awards show was showing live on VH-1, MTV, BET, Spike, TV land and Comedy Central, talk about overkill. And it got me wondering, why are there even acting awards?  It’s adults playing a child’s game of dress-up and pretend, which we all played when we were young, and no one gave us awards for our frolicking-antics, and we certainly didn’t get paid exorbitant salaries for our extraordinary performances. The movie and TV industry is a self-absorbed industry that

Letter to the Editor, Pence: National Catholic Prayer Breakfast Vice President Mike Pence recently gave an inspiring address at the National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C., saying that the administration is committed to protecting life and religious freedom. These are some of the highlights of his address: “Life is winning through the steady advance of science that continues to illuminate more and more when life begins” and thanks to the “generosity of millions of adoptive families” and “through the compassion of caregivers and volunteers at crisis pregnancy centers and faith-based organizations”. He called the President’s executive order on religious freedom an “action to protect men and women of faith in the public square.” In reference to the president’s meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, the vice president said the two leaders spoke about ways that the U.S. and the Church can work together, such as to counter the persecution of

Letter to the Editor, Gloria Steinem: Say what?! Gloria Steinem who became famous as a spokeswoman for the feminist movement in the late 1960’s and early 1970’s was recently interviewed. She stated, “Population is what causes climate deprivation. If we had not been systematically forcing women to have children they don't want or can't care for over the 500 years of patriarchy, we wouldn't have the climate problems that we have. That's the fundamental cause of climate change”. Say what?! “Because women are the major agricultural workers in the world, and also the carriers of water and the feeders of families and so on, it's a disproportionate burden. We need to think about what's called ‘comparable worth.’ The classic example is that people who park cars get paid more than people in childcare centers. It isn't that we care for our cars more than our babies. It's that one group is men, and the other group is mostly women”. Say wh

Letter to the Editor, Bill Bans Dismemberment Abortions  T exas lawmakers passed a bill to protect unborn babies from brutal dismemberment abortions. The bill passed the State Senate in a 22-9 vote; State Senator Carlos "Charlie" Uresti, Democrat - San Antonio voted “For”. I t passed the State House in a 93-45 vote, State Rep resentative Alfonso "Poncho" Nevárez , Democrat - Eagle Pass , voted “Against”. This bill prohibits dismemberment abortions, a method typically used in the second trimester to kill nearly fully-formed, living unborn babies. It is a barbaric and dangerous procedure in which the unborn baby is ripped apart in the womb and pulled out in pieces while his or her heart is still beating. State Senator Charles Schwertner, Republican - Georgetown, who wrote the bill, said the legislation will “ensure the dignity and protection for the unborn child” in Texas. Texas Right to Life celebrated the vote on social media, descr

Letter to the Editor, Celebrate Conception Day! Let us contemplate the beautiful reality that the pro-life movement has established another reason for us to celebrate the God-given gift of life, and that is to celebrate the day of our conception. We celebrate birthdays, we celebrate the day we were born; but as true pro-life advocates, we should also and probably more importantly celebrate our conception day. Of course that day will not be as exact as our birthday, but there is a website : “ When Was I Conceived” that when we enter our birthday it calculates our conception date, when we were likely conceived sometime during a week’s length of time. And then we can choose a date within that week to celebrate as our Conception Day or better yet we can celebrate the entire week. And then for fun it lets us know what was going on the week we were conceived by telling us that it's possible our parents were listening to a certain song, since that song was