Friday, March 29th, 2024 Church Directory

Letters To The Editor

TO THE EDITOR:

“Critical Race Theory.” Three ordinary words, put together in a phrase. As Inigo Montoya said (sort of) “They keep using those words. I do not think they mean what they want us to think they mean.” The word “critical” can mean criticizing, as in “Some people are critical of Joe Biden’s performance as President.” “Race” is an immutable category into which people are born, like white, black or brown. A “theory” is a guess at an explanation as to how something works, which can be proven true or false by experiment. But that’s not what the advocates of CRT mean by the words in that phrase. To these advocates, “critical” means “fundamentally important; civilization cannot exist without it.” To them, “race” is a fluid concept, based on your political positions (for example, Larry Elder is a “white supremacist”). And they use the word “theory” so that their radical ideology sounds quite  academic, so you’ll think they know more than you do. In other words, the advocates see CRT as means of fundamentally controlling the economic and social relationship  among the American people, based on whether they agree with radical leftist ideology, as determined by them. The laboratory they intend to use to conduct this experiment is the school classroom.

Russ Armstrong

Becker, MN

TO THE EDITOR:

My name is Tyler Bowman and I’m from Boy Scout Troop 93 of Big Lake. My Troop has been hiking almost every Thursday over the summer. We are working towards our goal of going to the high adventure scout camp, (Philmont) in New Mexico next June. If you’ve seen a large group of guys with hiking packs walking around Big Lake, it’s the people training to go to Philmont. Our troop has an aluminum can recycling trailer that we use to collect empty aluminum cans from the community. It has a permanent spot located at the local Coborns in Big Lake. This trailer is a crucial fundraiser for us to be able to afford to go to different camps and trips, as well as Philmont. So if you ever need a place to dump your cans, dump them off at our can trailer. My Dad is the Scoutmaster of the troop, helping all the guys in the troop and helping in organizing camp outs and other things, being the super glue, sticking us all together no matter how much pressure tries to pull us apart. Everyone has done an amazing job together and I hope this troop continues to be successful in the future.

Thank you for your time, 

Tyler Bowman, Troop 93 

Big Lake, MN