STAT April 13, 2024
STAT publishes selected Letters to the Editor received in response to First Opinion essays to encourage robust, good-faith discussion about difficult issues. Submit a Letter to the Editor here, or find the submission form at the end of any First Opinion essay.
On “not looking away,” by Patrick Skerrett
A recent First Opinion newsletter drew attention to Carlinville, Ill., which was taking in a refugee family at a time the world is witnessing a growing number of global extremist conflicts and civil wars, killing and displacing vast numbers of innocent children and adults.
For more than 20 years, my wife and I have spent increasing time in the rural village of Conques in south-central France, which is comprised of about...