HYPOCRISY TROUBLING

I liked Mike Miller's Dec. 30 Community Voices article, "America's
polarized camps need to stop pretending and bow to certain truths."
We should all take a deep breath and resolve for the new year to ban
hypocrisy from our thinking.

Even though, like most people, I find the "abortion issue" vexing and
deeply disturbing, I've never ceased to be amazed how
anti-abortionists mightily resist contraception education and the
availability of the necessary medications/devices. There's the one
place where there's an opportunity to compromise.

Also, I was disappointed that Miller failed to mention our propensity
to consume alcoholic beverages while opposing legalization of marijuana.

GERALD M. SUTLIFF

Bakersfield