Letters to the Editor: In praise of Southern Lights at the Horse Park

See Southern Lights

Lexington and Kentucky have the fantastic display of the century. If anyone has not been to the Kentucky Horse Park to see Southern Lights, go, because they will be impressed as I was. The creativity and elegance of the display of lights is wonderful. There must be at least two miles of roads where they are located.

We are blessed by this event and everyone should go and view it before the show’s last night on Dec. 31.

Walter C. Cox, Lexington

A comic resolution

Now that the new year approaches, maybe the Herald-Leader can make a decent resolution: to bring back “Non Sequitur” to the comics page.

Robert Pratt, Lexington

Funny assumption

I had to laugh at a recent letter writer who presumed all convicted felons are Democrats. It also angered me to witness once again the willful, malicious ignorance of the right wingers who have such a woefully high opinion of themselves. I suspect if one did a study of all convicted felons we’d probably find that party affiliations were probably consistent with those of the general population. Maybe the writer meant that gratitude would lead to political conversions, but I somehow doubt that.

Anette Engel, Stamping Ground

Anti-Trump bias

I shake my head in wonder over how the Herald-Leader could legitimately call itself a newspaper when it reads like a tabloid. It doesn’t matter what article the paper deems important enough for its front page; whether it be sports, human interest, business, religion, or used car parts, it makes President Donald Trump involved in any derogatory manner it can invent.

I thought newspapers were supposed to be objective and opinions belonged on the opinion page. What happened to reporting the news without snide commentary such as, “As is his style,” or “as is his penchant”.

I do see the very grudging reports where the paper acknowledges him positively. These are always hidden on the back pages in the tiniest little articles the paper can force itself to report. The paper is very fortunate that the crossword puzzle, the comics and “Dear Abby” are still so desirable to its readers, because without those few saving graces, the Herald-Leader would have no readers at all.

I wonder if the Herald-Leader is planning to keep this shameful rhetoric up after Trump is re-elected. We certainly need Trump for another four years, but the Herald-Leader? I don’t think its absence would even be noticed.

Pat Nussbaum, Nicholasville

Uphold Constitution

I’m so frustrated with how many people misunderstand what the impeachment is about. This is not about President Donald Trump; rather it’s about our democracy and our Constitution. We need all of our elected representatives to uphold their oath of office and proceed with a fair trial. It is imperative that we maintain the checks and balances that were established by our founders in the Constitution. If we don’t do this now, then all future presidents can choose to just ignore the power of Congress and our democracy will be unsustainable. We all need to get over our partisanship and recognize that this is a moment when our country and its government are in grave jeopardy. As citizens, it’s imperative that we defend our Constitution and its establishment of three co-equal branches of government that have made our country a model for what democracy can achieve.

Shelby French, Lexington

What rules?

Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren said this recently at a New Hampshire college: “The rich and powerful have written the rules for our economy so that they suck up all the gains for themselves.”

Warren and her rival Bernie Sanders make this assertion often, yet I’ve never heard either senator offer an example of what they’re talking about.

Is it the tax code? If a set of rules written by Congress is where Warren sees corruption, her current position affords her every opportunity to stop it.

Call me unimaginative, but I can’t think of a rule (outside the penal code, anyway) that ever hindered me from pursuing my interests in the economy. If such rules exist, how do I know when I’ve broken them? For that matter, how would I know when a President Warren has abolished them?

Michael Smith, Georgetown

Homonym at fault

I watched a replay of President Donald Trump’s swearing-in ceremony. I believe he got confused when he swore to “execute the office of the president of the United States.” To his thinking, I believe he’s been doing just that since he took office.

Allen Kingsland, Lexington