Dear editor:

Regarding Fred Harrison’s guest column, I found it interesting that the author defines our country as a republic. We have deviated far from that. Our country is now more socialistic in nature.

I appreciate what he had to say about recklessness and arrogance. Of course this is chaos. But why is it that the guest counts does not right about the foundation of what he writes? 

The foundation is God. 

Fred uses words like mobs, lawyer, dangerous, and restraint. I very much appreciate his use of words. But if words mean anything, I found his use of the word hubris rather fascinating. 

Hubris comes from the word for religious pride. It is the cancer and virus that continues to eat away at this country. Religion seems to prevail in our culture, whereas God would not have any of this. 

Hide the words of the prophet: There is a famine in the land today, not a famine for work or a thirst for water, but a famine of hearing the words of the Lord. They will wander to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord but will not find it. 

The words of Amos are very pertinent today. Why is it that we do not go back to the foundations that the author speaks about, and repent as individuals? We love our ranches, our families and our careers. But like in the days of job, there will come an explosive reckoning. And when that time comes, most people will be found on the short end of the stick. 

In Jesus time, they’re of course were lawyers. But we know what Jesus thought about them. 

Tom Young

Cody