Democrats, learn to play offense
Rochester: Perhaps I am being a bit too harsh here, but it seems to me that too many national Democrats have been meek and spineless since around 1980 when it comes to facing down and standing up to political conservatives and Republicans. They seem to be intimated by them, and they let themselves be bullied and pushed around. I have to give the right-wingers some credit for fighting hard and aggressively for what they believe in and want.
Sometimes I get the feeling that Democrats think that if they make nice to those bullying and ranting right-wing blowhards and windbags, it will somehow work and tone them down. It will not. They will never change. They will never disagree respectfully. That ship sailed many years ago. As they do on MSNBC and CNN, they will always be very aggressive and will try to dominate all conversations and discussions about politics.
Democrats need to start finding and using their voices, and fighting harder and more assertively for the humane values that they believe in and stand for. Stewart B. Epstein
A New York City synagogue was fined $15,000 for not social distancing but peaceful protesters who riot, loot, burglarize and assault our police officers face no fines for lack of social distancing. I think that the people in charge have to be removed, and quickly. Why are the mayor and governor allowed to stay in office when their policies only prove that they suffer from a mental disorder? Where are our federal senators and representatives? Why are the lunatics running this asylum? They print on N.Y. license plates, “Excelsior,” this is Latin for “ever upward.” I think it should read, “Semper deorsum ferentur,” which is “ever downward,” as these politicians lead us to living in a sewer.
Timothy Collins
Samantha Picaro
Universal right
I, with others, sympathized over the loss of U.S. District Judge Ester Salas’s son to a madman. However, I object to her request to have only federal judges protected on the internet from any kind of personal searches. Every citizen should have that right as well.
Mary Zanfini
Sham award
James League
Gov. Cuomo was just given an Emmy award for his coronavirus briefings. What’s next, a Nobel Memorial Prize In Economics for Chirlane McCray’s ThriveNYC mental health program that squandered $1 billion in taxpayers’ money?
Small number, big diff
Suppose that we have two vaccines — one with 90% efficiency and another with 95%. It seems that the difference in efficiency is very small, only 5%. But in reality, the difference is much larger. If 100 people are vaccinated with vaccine #1, 10 people can get sick, but if they are vaccinated with vaccine #2, only five people can get sick. So the difference is 100%.
What Jesus wouldn’t do
Cincinnati: Attention southern Christian Trumpers: Your worship of Donald Trump may be a problem at the pearly gates. Jesus hung out with the poor, the mentally ill, the elderly, the sick and children — not fat cats. Quit the cult of hatred today! Mark Jessee
Fickle forgiveness
Carle Place, L.I.: If you think the current shenanigans are bad, just wait until President Trump begins handing out pardons as if they were Halloween candy. Rudy Rosenberg
Matching outfits
Staten Island Trump voters are now an orange COVID site to match our orange soon-tobe ex-president.
Michael Malewich