Coverage of Gaza conflict is one-sided

I am consistently dismayed at your one-sided coverage of the war in Gaza — a war that started when 1,200 innocent Israelis were killed and raped and burned alive by Hamas (“Some forces behind pro-Palestinian protests seek to upend US,” June 24).

Hamas has admitted to lying about the number of casualties in Gaza and the overwhelming majority of the people being killed in Gaza are Hamas. Why don’t you publish an article about the people living in Gaza who blame Hamas for what is going on? How about something regarding the hostages being held by Hamas? How about an article about the people who march every Sunday in Pikesville to remember the hostages?

Your silence on these issues is deafening.

— Kevin Ferentz, Pikesville

Heat wave underscores high stakes of climate policy

Thanks so much for your exploration of the health threats of heat waves (“Baltimore can be cool. Just not right now,” June 21). I appreciate that your coverage includes the fact that climate change is responsible for the increased incidence of potentially deadly heat waves.

Let’s follow up this thought. We do not grow our food indoors, so climate change means potential human famine. How about the terrifying floods that happened in Iowa with a foot of rain falling in one day without the presence of a hurricane? Air conditioning won’t fix that, just as it won’t fix the collapse of coral reefs from a warming and acidifying ocean.

When we confront any short-term emergency, we must also analyze the cause and look for a path to future survival. The root cause of expanding heat waves is the expansion of our global carbon emissions. We could impose carbon tariffs on China to pressure it to reduce carbon emissions and we could impose carbon fee and dividend here at home to reduce our own emissions without punishing the poor and powerless.

This problem is cumulative and long-term, and it transcends partisan politics. Let’s vote in November as if climate change is real since it clearly is.

— Chris Wiegard, Chester, Virginia

More windy rhetoric from Armstrong Williams

I read newspaper editorial pages in search of fresh insights that make sense of current events in ways that challenge my assumptions. Alas, the columns written by Armstrong Williams continue to fall short of the mark, including “Extremists on the right and left are more alike than different — and dangerous” (June 23).

The sentiment expressed is not new, nor is the point put into a fresh context. Williams also fails to hint at productive solutions. Instead, he falls back, as he often does, on a mythical past when a cadre of wise men (and of course, they’re all men) apparently had cornered the market on truth — Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius and Montaigne. Ah, if only we could turn back the clock, our problems would be solved.

If only the author could proffer fresh insights into how we might collectively address our problems, instead of whining about the present and hiding behind windy rhetoric and clichés.

— Amy Bernstein, Baltimore

The day Baltimore’s 5th Regiment stands collapsed

Running alongside the recent obituary for longtime Baltimore Sun photographer Walter M. McCardell Jr. was an image from 1952 he took of the collapsed stands at the 5th Regiment Armory (“Walter M. McCardell Jr., Baltimore Sun photographer whose career spanned more than 4 decades, dies,” June 23).

I was among those in the collapsed portion, having been taken there by my grandmother to see the Sonja Henie figure skating show. Fortunately for me, I was not injured, but my grandmother was, having broken her leg. Boards and debris were on top of us. It happened so quickly you didn’t have time to be afraid.

Louis Huppman, a nearby resident, drove my aunt and me back to my house in the neighborhood. He was ultimately awarded a medal by the city of Baltimore for helping out that evening.

— Merry Rogers, Baltimore

Hogan has earned this voter’s support

Larry Hogan earned my respect and gratitude during his two terms as a great governor for Maryland (“US Senate candidate Larry Hogan to skip Donald Trump-led Republican National Convention,” June 4).

Go get ’em, Larry!

— Carl Schuettler, Upper Marlboro