To the editor: The president of the United Federation of Teachers, Michael Mulgrew, embraced the transitioning of all retirees to an inferior Medicare Advantage plan, which is simply a disadvantaged version of health benefits. Medicare Advantage...
To the editor: A recent letter correctly notes the danger polarization poses to our democracy (“Polarization,” The Chief, April 4). I believe the root cause of these divisions is the proliferation of misinformation and “alternative facts.” There...
To the editor: Although tongue in cheek, a recent letter suggested deporting the entire undocumented population of Florida and Texas (“Deep (red) states,” Letters, The Chief, April 11). This is not possible. Even Eisenhower's deportation...
To the editor: Just a few questions for supporters of Donald J, Trump: Do you expect a convicted felon to respect police officers, prosecutors, judges or the law and the Constitution? Do you expect a draft-dodger who calls heroic soldiers...
To the editor: Before President Trump put a 90-day pause on his tariffs, investor and Trump supporter Bill Ackman tweeted that they could bring an economic "nuclear winter." He saw them as being "severely negative" for Trump supporters. Numerous...
To the editor: The Chief’s letters section is full of laments about how President Trump has been lawless and tyrannical. Our Founding Fathers established a remedy for a president who has violated the laws and policies of the United States:...
To the editor: Coretta Scott King accurately observed that “Hate is too great a burden to bear. It injures the hater more than it injures the hated.” U.S. Representative Al Green, a Texas Democrat, announced his intention to file impeachment...
To the editor: Since Donald Trump took office, debate has centered on the possible financial and social implications of his promised mass deportations. Why speculate? There is a simple way to find out. Two states that voted overwhelmingly for...
To the editor: Federal District Judge Dale Ho dismissed with prejudice the five-count federal indictment for corruption against Mayor Adams. “Everything here smacks of a bargain: Dismissal of the indictment [with Trump’s Justice Department never...
To the editor: A revenge presidency can never succeed in the interdependent world in which we live. But Donald Trump denies reality. His vengeful presidency will hurt most people, Americans and others, and kill many. Trump doesn’t read much, but...
To the editor: We have a legally unshackled Mayor Eric Adams running as an independent, polls showing ex-Governor Andrew Cuomo leading the pack of Democratic candidates and Republicans unlikely to offer up a good candidate. That leaves little...
To the editor: In response to “Morality’s genealogy” (Letters, The Chief, March 28): Thomas Hobbes, the 17th century English political philosopher, in his influential book “Leviathan” wrote that life shorn of society would be "solitary, poor,...
To the editor: The Independent Rikers Commission is calling for the appointment of a "point person" at City Hall to focus on closing Rikers Island by 2027. This is deemed necessary because of a law passed by the City Council mandating the closure...
To the editor: As Abraham Lincoln astutely observed, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Regrettably, this is precisely the state of affairs in America at present. We witnessed a highly contested election last fall. Vice President...
To the editor: Willful ignorance poisons the public good and civic virtue needed for a healthy, constitutional democracy. One example was the 2024 election of Donald Trump. Voters apparently forgot that in his first term there were endless...
To the editor: In rebuttal to “No method to the madness” (The Chief, Letters, March 28): According to sources on the Internet undocumented immigrants in 2022 contributed $65 billion to Social Security. That same year Social Security paid out...
To the editor: Donald Trump promised a great economy for the people from Day 1 of his presidency, and prices are rising on everything, and the stock market that used to be his measuring tool for economic success, is tanking, so Trump says he’s...
To the editor: The policies of President Donald Trump are horrific but hardly unpredictable. Between President Joe Biden and his Justice Department taking their time prosecuting Trump and the voters putting him back in office, he has never been...
To the editor: What does it take to get action? In 2013 a little girl was hit by a car while crossing the street with her grandmother. She died of her injuries. Because it took 8 minutes for an ambulance to reach...
Pope Francis was elected pontiff in 2013. Four years ago he was hospitalized for 11 days and when asked about his health he answered, “Still alive. Although some people wanted me dead…. They were preparing the conclave (to elect a new pope).” And...
To the editor: It’s no secret that Republicans, both voters and representatives, want most or all undocumented immigrants to leave the country. A recent letter expressed surprise that Democrats don’t share this sentiment. Let’s assume that...
To the editor: Immanuel Kant, one of the Enlightenment’s preeminent philosophers, wrote that “Morality is not the doctrine of how we may make ourselves happy, but how we may make ourselves worthy of happiness.” More recently, the American...
To the editor: Predicting the future, especially in the context of immigration, is like trying to catch a slippery eel. This adage, attributed to Yogi Berra, still holds true in today’s world. But upon careful examination of the changing...
To the editor: Some have said they believe that Trump’s contradictions and constant conflicts are his ultimate cover, that is, as a deliberate strategy. Trump said he wants to run for a third term and he doesn’t. He says he wants to have Canada...
To the editor: It is naive and divisive to assume that every racist in this country voted Republican. It is similarly naive and divisive to assume that every Democratic voter was not racist (“Future tense,” Letters, The Chief, March 14). Black...