Tucker Carlson validates the view of many of us
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Merrick, L.I.: During World War II, bomber pilots said the flack was always heaviest over the target. It’s funny how all these people and media sources are going after Tucker Carlson because he is showing video footage that the American people never saw. Bernie Thompson, the head of the Jan. 6 Committee, made a statement that he never saw this footage. How is that possible? He was in charge.
Because of this, your paper still has delusional people who believe that six police officers lost their lives on Jan. 6. In fact, just last week, Voicer Mark Tarasiewicz said he still believes Brian Sicknick was beaten and smothered by Trump supporters. The only person who was killed on Jan. 6 was an unarmed woman by the name of Ashli Babbitt who was murdered by law enforcement, which was filmed by John Sullivan, who Rudy Giuliani said was a member of Antifa.
Before anyone claims that Jan. 6 was the worst day in American history since the Civil War, five members of Congress were shot on the floor of the House on March 1, 1954, by pro-independence Puerto Rican nationalists.
From the time Donald Trump came down the escalator in 2015, the government has been going after him because he was not an insider. Despite all that is wrong with Trump — we are all human beings — he truly produced for the American people, unlike the administration the country is dealing with now. Donald Ziminski
Choose your story
Fort Worth, Texas: Tucker Carlson has moved the Big Lie to a whole new level by taking the 40,000 hours of violent footage from the Jan. 6 insurrection and turning it into a five-minute video of a bunch of peaceful tourists just taking a tour of the Capital. I imagine that Carlson’s next project after banning books about the brutal history of slavery will be to show that those so-called slaves were so grateful to the plantation owners for giving them food and shelter that they happily cooked, cleaned and sang Negro spirituals as they joyfully labored in the cotton fields from sunup to sundown. Sharon Austry
Kids having kids
Fairfield, Conn.: So Lauren Boebert’s 17-year-old son got his 15-year-old girlfriend pregnant. Can’t believe I’m going to say this, but Boebert is making Sarah Palin look good. Stephen Johnson
Personal connection
Albany: I knew by reading the headline “Looking for witches in New York uncovers the monsters next door” (March 12) that Goody Garlick was within. For some, these are tales of fantasy. For others, these are tales of family. For myself, it is family history. Salem had politics and religious zealotry. Eastern Long Island had petty squabbles and gossipy disputes. What wasn’t understood then is the science that we now have better knowledge of. Elizabeth Howell died after childbirth, which the article neglected to mention. Her daughter survived.
When Elizabeth Garlick was sent to Connecticut for trial, Elizabeth Howell’s father, Lion Gardiner, interceded. He was a man of his times, but his humanity comes through in his numerous attempts to prevent harm. Garlick’s husband, Joshua, was employed by Gardiner on the island that still bears his name. Elizabeth (Gardiner) Howell had a sister, Mary (Gardiner) Conklin, my ancestor. Honor Conklin
Stand-up guy
Brooklyn: Leonard Greene was right (“Bigot busted, for now,” column, March 12). If we don’t take a stand, by our silence we are permitting it. Enough is enough.
Vito Labella
I stand with you
Chester, N.J.: Dear Mr. Greene: I am sorry you had to listen to the antisemitic diatribe on the bus. I am sorry he called you the N-word. I am most sorry that nobody on that bus had the character to join you in telling the racist and antisemite he was not welcome to spew his filth in public. As a Jew, I have always believed that racists (people who hate Black and Brown people) also hate Jews. We are just harder to pick out in a crowd. It may be easy to say this after the fact, and you may not believe me, but I would have joined you in speaking up if I was on that bus.
David J. Melvin
Why not?
Jamaica: To Voicer Michael Ilardi: I have the feeling that if you saw a white man in a hardhat in that poster, you would have absolutely no problem with it. But you might get tons of backlash and complaints about why a man was put in the poster instead of the traditional woman. Before white people immigrated to this land, it was already inhabited by indigenous people of color. Then, when Black people were imported to this land, it increased the population of people of color. Over the years, this land became many shades of color. So, instead of looking at the poster and asking “why,” look at it and say, “why not?” After all, this is what this land is all about. Carol Grant
Retention suggestions
Brooklyn: The brilliant people who run this city are having major difficulty figuring out why so many police officers are retiring. Please allow me to list the reasons for this: 1) Poor pay as compared with that of Nassau County. 2) Police officers are forced to become social workers. 3) City government doesn’t support them. What is the solution? Raise the pay scale and have social workers do the social work and allow the police to enforce the law. Melissa Lieberman
In agreement
Pine Plains, N.Y.: Voicer Anthony Johnson so eloquently described the importance of teaching the history of slavery in America. I chose that subject as a hypothetical example to be removed from all discussion because it would be so utterly offensive to do so that the very idea is ridiculous. We both agree that the recent trend of editing history to supposedly shelter children from uncomfortable subjects is neither desirable nor helpful to their maturation. It is only by confronting unpleasant issues that they can develop to be fully mature adults capable of living in our ever-changing world.
Joseph McCluskey
Turned against us
Staten Island: I’m retired from the NYC Department of Education. Re “Union bosses back retiree med change” (March 10): That’s not true. Michael Mulgrew was the main reason it was changed because he has the majority of members. He is the traitor who has affected all city workers, especially teachers, by allowing the city and Mayor Adams to terminate teachers, and now allowing them to return as new hires at starting salaries, causing significant losses in salaries and tenure. No real union leader would allow this.
Rose Guartafierro
Switcheroo
West Harrison, N.Y.: Once again, the NYC teachers union headed by Michael Mulgrew looms large in the controversy over the retirees’ Medicare Advantage mess.
In negotiating a new contract with the union, former Mayor Bill de Blasio decided to fund an increase by using the money allocated for the retirees’ health benefits, switching to Medicare Advantage would accomplish that goal. The retirees went to court several times to stop the city from implementing the Medicare Advantage plan and each time, the courts ruled in their favor. After one of those rulings, Mulgrew said he would no longer support the city’s effort to switch plans. So what happens last week? The plan comes up for a vote and Mulgrew votes in favor of switching plans. I wonder what back-door deal he made with the mayor. Peter Creanza
Top athlete
East Elmhurst: Mikaela Shiffrin surpassed Ingemar Stenmark’s long-standing record for all-time World Cup wins Saturday with her 87th victory. The historic win, in a slalom in Are, Sweden, came just one day after Shiffrin matched the Swedish legend’s record, a mark that had stood for 34 years. Are is where Shiffrin got her first World Cup win, in a slalom back in 2012. And she is not done yet. She says she is stronger than ever and looking forward to the next races. She is a good role model for all of us. Don’t give up on your dreams. Gerson Fernandes