AMERICA ALONE
Readers took note of the juxtaposition of features in the Feb. 5 issue, which included coverage of the World Economic Forum’s summit in Davos, Switzerland, as well as a photographic look at poverty in the U.S. Dale Kueter of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, concluded that the wealthy “don’t give a rump about poverty, but take comfort on their own fat pocketbooks.” But Sidney Crain of Sacramento instead saw the pictures of American poverty as representing “hollowed-out flyover states” that had been “ignored for decades” by Democratic politicians—and an illustration of why President Trump was seen by voters as “a beacon of hope” for the nation.
‘The Davos articles convinced me that the majority of the world’s leaders can guide us in a positive direction.’PEGGY SKILES, Big Spring, Texas…
