Oct. 16, 2026 Editor, The News-Gazette: In 2026 our world is in great danger. It’s been brought to this through the near failure of what has been its best hope: a Declaration, in 1776, that all of us are created equal.
Congress, educators, ministers, and voters of the United States have hardly enough time to exercise intelligence and moral strength sufficient to assure that our country can become once more a model of strength rather than of the most shameful weakness. R. JOHN BLACKLEY Lexington