To the Editor:

It was a magnificent week! G ood forces, idle for some time, joined together and presented to the world a cataract of goodness and solid, permanent, long-sought solutions. But it was also sad that tragedy had to occur to bring some of that about.

Once again, people had to die so that the issue of controlling guns would be raised. It was sad to see their South Carolina peers together with our president singing “Amazing Grace” and reminding us of the definition of “a good man” and how many die…

July 1, 2015