#Letters to the Editor — May 13, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 13, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 13, 2021” The Issue: House Republicans’ vote to remove Rep. Liz Cheney from her leadership position. What are these Republicans thinking (“Mc­Carthy boosting Stefanik,” May 10)? Some of their comments about the 2020 election and, more importantly, COVID and the vaccines, are off the wall. Why do they think…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 12, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 12, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 12, 2021” The Issue: Karol Markowicz’s column on the drive toward “equity,” not excellence, in public schools. Karol Markowicz’s column on eliminating Gifted & Talented courses highlighted the absurd thinking among school administrators (“Class Warfare,” PostOpinion, May 11). Administrators are looking to create equity in math instruction. NASA recently…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 11, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 11, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 11, 2021” The Issue: A shooting in Times Square that left three bystanders injured, including a 4-year-old girl. It is disheartening to read the front-page article “Times Square mayhem” (May 9). But there should be no surprise here. We have one of the worst and most incompetent mayors, elected…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 9, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 9, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 9, 2021” COVID uncertaintyThe Post editorial about herd immunity makes several good points, albeit within the context of general uncertainty about the virus (“We’re Still Beating COVID,” May 4). We have reason to be optimistic, but we have more work to do and still need to grasp the uncertainty…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 8, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 8, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 8, 2021” The Issue: A Facebook oversight board’s decision to uphold the company’s ban on former President Donald Trump. The decision by Facebook to continue banning former President Donald Trump from the platform should scare every American (“FaceBlocked,” May 6). Censorship by social-media entities is the stuff of socialist…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 6, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 6, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 6, 2021” The Issue: Sheldon Silver’s furlough from prison just eight months into his 78-month sentence. The Post’s editorial about former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s release just proves the double standard that exists in New York state (“Get Shelly Back to Prison,” May 5). This criminal was convicted by…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 5, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 5, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 5, 2021” The Issue: Schools Chancellor Meisha Ross-Porter’s call to eliminate admissions tests at elite schools. Seth Barron was exactly right — the test to enter elite high schools is not the culprit (“Wrong Culprit,” PostOpinion, May 1). The culprit is parents who do not make sure their children…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 4, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 4, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 4, 2021” The Issue: The American Federation of Teachers’ influence on CDC guidelines on reopening schools. As a child, after the first New York City teachers’ strike, my father told me that unionized schoolteachers and unionized municipal workers in general were a threat to our country. He was right…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 2, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 2, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 2, 2021” Limits of EMSAs a former volunteer with Emergency Medical Services, I have responded to quite a few calls involving Emotionally Disturbed Persons (“NYC expands no-police mental-health program,” April 27). I can tell you that EMS and social workers alone are not adequate for a lot of these…

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#Letters to the Editor — May 1, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — May 1, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — May 1, 2021” The Issue: President Biden’s latest proposed $1.8 trillion “American Families” tax-and-spending package. Almost every dollar in President Biden’s $1.8 trill­ion spending plan is meant to do one thing: Keep America under the thumb of Big Government (“Dough Biden,” April 29). President Ronald Reagan said it best: What…

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