claims more victims

It is high time that political correctness be put to rest and truth be brought back to a position of importance in the American way of life.

In 2007, Virginia Tech became a party to the killing of 33 people because the school would not do what the situation cried out for. The authorities knew that the killer was mentally disturbed, and yet he was not expelled, nor was any other action taken, even though other students feared him because of his antisocial behavior. It would not have been politically correct.

Now, a man at Fort Hood showed by his radical Muslim writings and speeches that he should have been expelled from the Army long ago, but he was not. The result: 13 dead. It would not have been politically correct to take action, since he is of a protected class: Muslims.

Dan Landis

Broomall

dlbroomall@juno.com

Bishops shouldn't

dictate behavior

Catholic bishops are now making decisions about women's health care in the United States, decisions based on their perception of morality.

In the past decade, more than 10 million American women have made a moral decision to have an abortion. How can an institution that permitted and facilitated the sexual abuse of countless numbers of children dare to proclaim what is moral? What has happened to this country's founding principle of separation of church and state?

It is one thing for the Catholic Church to direct its parishioners on its teaching. It is a whole other matter to have 350 paid lobbyists directing Congress on women's health care. That Congress is accepting the church's mandates is appalling.

Carol E. Tracy

Women's Law Project

Philadelphia

Heed warnings

on Afghanistan

As a member of the Granny Peace Brigade Philadelphia, I was thrilled to read that Ambassador Karl Eikenberry has written to President Obama expressing his deep concerns about sending additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan ("Envoy wary on troop increase," Thursday).

We applaud Eikenberry's courage in speaking out and taking a controversial position on this divisive issue. We have been applauding Obama's decision to take his time in formulating what the next steps will be in Afghanistan, despite attempts by military advisers to influence that decision toward escalation of the war.