Shall she catch a falling star?
Bethel, Conn.: To Voicer Gerry Burner: The song is “If You Love Me (Really Love Me), made famous by Kay Starr on Capitol Records in 1954. Charles Berger Floral Park: We’ve all had a song that won’t leave us. “If You Love Me (Really Love Me),” with words by Edith Piaf and music by Marguerite Monnot, was written in 1948 or 1949 as “Hymne à l’amour.” Piaf wrote it for the great love of her life, boxer Marcel Cerdan, and Piaf, Brenda Lee, Nana Mouskori and many others have since sung about a lover who would do anything for the one she loves: “Shall I catch a falling star /Shall I bring it where you are?”
It’s not a popular feeling in the age of selfies. Keep humming it — it’s beautiful in either language.
Adrienne Leslie
Elmhurst: To Voicer Gerry Burner: You can always put lyrics into Google to find the song title and artist.
Joanne Carriero
Lowlife blowhard
Manhattan: Donald Trump has stooped to a new low even for him. How dare this blowhard use a reverent occasion such as Justice Antonin Scalia’s funeral Mass as a platform for his political blather? For those who missed it: He tweeted that he’d bet President Obama would have attended Scalia’s funeral if it had been held in a mosque instead of a church. Is there no level of despicableness that this cretin won’t sink to for attention? Please, Trump, just go away.
Patricia N. Ravel
‘Put God back in America’
New Hyde Park, L.I.: I second Voicer Pat Harris’ praise of Donald Trump, who wants to take us back to the great nation that we once were. I agree with Harris that the person in the White House now has ruined these United States. Our forefathers worked so hard to develop this great land and make it desirable for everyone. What is wrong with working hard to attain what we want — instead of giving everything to people who don’t want to put in the effort to better themselves? Our President continues to take from the working class and reward the misfits. Wake up, America. Get the liberals out of Washington and let’s put God back in America!
Annette Sequino
Trump or bust
Sun City West, Ariz.: Apparently The News doesn’t like Donald Trump and would rather have another typical lying politician in the position to take the White House (“Dethroning Donald,” editorial, Feb. 21). Aren’t there enough of them already in the House and Senate? Maybe The News is afraid the Democrats might not win it this time, when their front-runner should be in jail for putting our country at risk for allowing classified communications over her unsecured email server.
George Pfeiffer
Trump time
Bronx: Some Council members and black activists want to pass a law to give illegal immigrants the right to vote in New York City elections. Don’t they know what illegal means? Donald Trump can’t get into office soon enough to fix all that is wrong.
Jimmy Durda
Out-of-line insults
Brooklyn: As a native New Yorker whose father hailed from Alabama, I want to express my disgust over the insults that The News directed against the people of South Carolina after Trump’s decisive primary victory there. The cover headline was bad enough (“Confederacy of dunces,” Feb. 21), but the articles inside referring to “the piggish voters of South Carolina” and “Dixie ding-dongs” would be inappropriate on the editorial page of a major newspaper, let alone in the news section.
Dennis Middlebrooks
Addition and division
Manasquan, N.J.: The Daily News rightly accuses Donald Trump of spouting insults and falsehoods but then follows his path by calling South Carolina voters “dunces” and “pigs.” Shameful! Citizens of the United States have the right to vote for the candidate of their choice without being referred to in such derogatory language. I suppose The News hopes to add to the division in our country.
Margaret Fagen
All going down together
Franklin, N.J.: To Voicer Rochelle Seewald: Although I am not in favor of the term “zombie” or of Donald Trump, I find it amazing that you can object to “rich elitist types” when that is what Trump is. I also see that you have picked up on his insulting, bullying ways by saying “you should drop dead.” Really? Is that how we are going to make America great again? Attitudes like yours and Trump’s are what’s going to make this country go down — the way you and he would like to see this newspaper go.
Kathy Ricker
Dictators deserve better
Brewster, N.Y.: As I was reading the article “N. Korea fires a ‘bitch’ bomb” (Feb. 21), I started laughing so hard my rib cage is still hurting. I was wondering if the writers and the editors of The News learned from the chubby dictator how to spew such insults? The paper has managed to insult God, people who pray to Him, voters — I could go on. Will this letter wind up in the garbage disposal? Just asking.
Marcus Vuleta
Future felon-family dinners
North Arlington, N.J.. I wonder if Edward Mezvinsky, Chelsea Clinton’s father-in-law who served five years in prison for bank, mail and wire fraud, worries that he could be in violation of his plea deal if he associates with known criminals at family dinners?
Janet Rose
Hate by any other name
Staten Island: Vassar says it is a liberal college, yet anti-Israel speakers are well tolerated there while pro-Israel speakers are not (“Hatred on the Hudson,” editorial, Feb. 22). This was proven by recent guest speaker Jasbir Puar, who advocates for the eradication of Israel and accuses Israelis of murdering Palestinians to harvest their body parts — which sounds an awful lot like Nazi propaganda. Railing against Israelis instead of Jews hides little — and same goes for calling a speech liberal instead of biased.
Carolyn Friedman
On a Pope and a Peyton
Massapequa Park, L.I.: How sad that the media relish in besmirching individuals who are otherwise respected. Our beloved Pope John Paul II collaborated and exchanged intellectual correspondence with a woman philosopher from 1973 until his death in 2005, and the media innuendo that the letters were written in anything but on a purely friendly basis was insulting. A second example: When I go to my podiatrist, I remove my shoes and socks. To my knowledge, a locker room is normally filled with fellow student-athletes after a college game or practice. Yet, it was reported that Peyton Manning was naked as the supposed doctor tended to his foot in an otherwise empty locker room. With the summer Olympics coming up, please do not smudge the reputations of our athletes, who have worked so hard to represent the U.S.A.
Connie Wohlers
Keep your feelings to yourself
Manhattan: Thanks, Linda Stasi, for letting us all know that you can perceive changes in your daughter’s demeanor so readily, but no need to be so smug about it. Stasi was very meanspirited toward Sue Klebold, who has to live daily with the horror that her son murdered so many, saying “like we need to know her feelings.” We? Speak for yourself, Linda. I am interested in Klebold’s feelings, but quite frankly, I don’t care about Stasi’s.
Maria Cangelosi Lubitz
‘Honorary white status’
Jamaica: This society continues in madness! Some in the Chinese community have gone the traditional ethnic route and chosen to pursue honorary white status by protesting the rightful conviction of a Chinese officer, instead of joining with all communities of NYC to ensure that indictments and convictions are rightfully pursued against all law enforcement officers and political representatives who commit crimes, regardless of race, creed or color. I am most disappointed with John Liu’s support of these untoward protests, as I have always supported him.
Francis Stephens
Simple way to control costs
Manhattan: Re: “It’s Oculus prime time” (Feb. 14), so a project pegged at $2 billion ended up costing New Yorkers $4 billion. When Bugsy Siegel ran up similar overruns in Las Vegas, the mob had him shot, both to punish Siegel and to send a message to others. Any chance that we can do that with the geniuses who “managed” this project?
Edward S. Hochman