#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 9, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 9, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 9, 2021” The Issue: The Biden administration’s loosening of the Trump administration’s immigration policies. President Biden seems intent on changing his legacy from “winner of the most questionable presidential election” to “worst president ever,” all in only a few weeks (“Undoing Trump immig policy,” Feb. 3). A lot of…

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#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 7, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 7, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 7, 2021” Mitten ‘privilege’To no surprise, a San Francisco public-school teacher, Ingrid Seyer-Ochi, has written an opinion piece alleging that the “mittens” and “puffy” jacket Sen. Bernie Sanders chose to wear for the inauguration is a sign of his “white privilege” (“San Francisco teacher writes in op-ed: Bernie Sanders’…

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#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 6, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 6, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 6, 2021” The Issue: The House’s vote to remove Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene from her committee assignments. While the bigoted, false and vitriolic statements of Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene may have been outside of the limits of decency, House Democrats should have been careful in their successful effort to…

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#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 5, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 5, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Feb. 5, 2021” The Issue: City schools’ use of quotes from Joanne Chesimard in a “Black Lives Matter at School” week. A cop-killer is being honored by Black Lives Matter in our city schools (“Teaching hatred,” Feb. 4). Joanne Chesimard is a convicted murderer and nothing else. She murdered a…

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#Letters to the editor — Feb. 2, 2021

#Letters to the editor — Feb. 2, 2021

“#Letters to the editor — Feb. 2, 2021” The Issue: Gov. Cuomo’s response when asked about COVID deaths in nursing homes. Our governor, who gets praise for writing a book on the pandemic, had an inhuman and callous response regarding the elderly in either nursing homes or hospitals who died of COVID (“Callous Cuomo shrugs…

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#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 31, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 31, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 31, 2021” Misguided defenseThe Jan. 27 opinion piece by Rav Arora supports wrong-headed attitudes about police use of excessive force (“Yellow Journalism 2.0,” PostOpinion). His analysis of the shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, Wis., is misguided and focuses more on officer safety than it does on public safety.Fortunately,…

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#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 30, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 30, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — Jan. 30, 2021” The Issue: AG Letitia James’ finding that the Cuomo administration undercounted nursing-home deaths. Gov. Cuomo called to account? “Finally,” says Janice Dean (“Finally, this gov is called to task,” Jan. 29), and she’s dead right. Pity it took so long. Did no one see that he was…

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#Letters to the editor — Jan. 28, 2021

#Letters to the editor — Jan. 28, 2021

“#Letters to the editor — Jan. 28, 2021” The Issue: The Senate impeachment trial of former President Donald Trump after the Capitol Hill riots. Chief Justice John Roberts has told the Senate that he will not be presiding over the upcoming impeachment trial (“Trump’s trial is now ‘incite,’ ” Jan. 26). It’s too bad that the…

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#Letters to the editor — Jan. 24, 2021

#Letters to the editor — Jan. 24, 2021

“#Letters to the editor — Jan. 24, 2021” Climate insanityIt was encouraging to read Bjorn Lomborg (“Joe’s Mad Earth Alarm,” Post Opinion, Jan. 16).Lomborg’s “False Alarm” is essential reading for anyone interested in the real effects of climate change. This book carefully explores the human impact on the climate and offers a thoughtful, realistic and…

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