Dr. Anthony Fauci, former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before a House select subcommittee on the pandemic on June 3, 2024, in Washington. With regards to those in Congress criticizing Dr. Anthony Fauci and others in regards to the pandemic: It’s critically important to remember the conditions early on at the time decisions had to be made.
That was the context in which decisions were made about masks, distancing, schools, lockdowns and the like. Not surprisingly, pretty much every country in the world acted in the same way, trying to prevent huge numbers of deaths. Fauci was our light in the darkness of the pandemic. We were so thankful that someone knowledgeable and with such an impressive resume was working on COVID-19. We were grateful he was working and caring when he could have retired.— Mary Winkler, Mount ProspectThank you for the June 5 editorial about the crisis of higher education art schools shutting down . This issue is not getting the attention it deserves.
With more art schools closing, we should be prepared for far more than an empty downtown area; we will be seeing an entire generation of students who have been taught that their creativity, imagination and their own original thoughts — skills they hone in these art schools — don’t matter.When I was a child, there were no children’s museums.