Readers sound off on Confederate sympathies, NATO contributions and Paul Simon's roots
Opelika, Ala.: On July 4, 1776, the hallowed Founding Fathers declared America's independence. However, the only beneficiaries were white men. White women languished as quasi-citizens denied the vote. Black men, women and even children enriched enslavers, toiling without pay. Furthermore, the brutes heaped upon them barbarities too vile to mention. In addition, Black women and girls were ravished and raped with impunity by the reprobates. Black people were dinner guests, but were forced to watch the white diners imbibe and ingest in a vulgar and vainglorious orgy.
On March 21, 1861, so-called Confederate States Vice President Alexander H. Stephens made his Cornerstone Speech. He railed that the Confederate States' foundation is that the Black man is inferior to the white man, thus subordination to the superior race is the Black person's natural condition. Stephens' perverse and poisonous lies encouraged terrorists three weeks later to bombard Fort Sumter, inciting the Civil War.
More than 160 years later, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth still coddles and commiserates with evildoers like Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg. He had the audacity to say removing Bragg's name from a North Carolina Army base was a shame. Of course, he didn't denounce slavery's innumerable horrors, and its degenerate twin, white supremacy. By retaining an association with Bragg, Hegseth manifests his depraved mind and his willingness to advocate and perpetuate white supremacy.
By contrast, John Brown's compassion for oppressed Black people compelled him and his cohorts to storm the Harpers Ferry federal armory to facilitate a slave liberation. Brown was arrested, charged with treason, convicted and hanged two months later. Hegseth's sympathy for white supremacy creates a stench worse than a truck laden with rotting pig guts. Marc D. Greenwood
Camden, N.J.: We all heard during President Trump's campaign that he has done more for African-Americans than anyone since Abraham Lincoln. I beg to differ. Domestically, Lincoln took on the global issue of slavery as it existed in his heyday. Back then, promises were made to the newly freed enslaved that had never been fully enacted. Trump has yet to award a comprehensible 'Black job' to a person of color and merit. Plenty of African-Americans of prominent political status supported Trump, but had never been granted or considered for a major cabinet position in his administration. Now, during his first weeks in his highly contested second term, Trump dismantled diversity, equity and inclusion, the initiative that focused on improving skills of workers for our society's most elite workforce. But he sees it differently. I would like to view Trump's list of notable accomplishments for African-Americans. As a Black man, I need clarity. Wayne E. Williams
Rockaway Point: Despicable! The richest man in the world (Elon Musk) and the luckiest man in the world (Trump) are firing thousands of government workers as part of Project 2025's plan to reshape our government into an autocracy — a plan so reprehensible to most Americans that Trump disavowed any knowledge of or connection to it at his campaign rallies! Despicable! Patricia J. Murphy
Charlotte, N.C.: Four plane accidents since Trump was inaugurated four weeks ago. Just maybe this isn't the best time to slash budgets at the FAA. Do we really want the air traffic controllers worrying about getting fired while they're working? Barbara Haynes
Providence, R.I.: Re 'Trump must not betray Ukraine' (editorial, Feb. 18): Trump must not betray Ukraine / Trump must not increase the pain / Here's a wider urgent call / Trump must not betray us all. Felicia Nimue Ackerman
Paris: Voicer Paul Bloustein's comment on Joe Biden using 'dilatory tactics' in dealing with Russia, which he claims led to the Russian military invasion into the sovereign territory of Ukraine, sounds like it came directly from the mouth of America's current man-child, incoherent, master vocabulary-weaving Trump. Please enlighten everyone, Mr. Bloustein, on exactly where Biden was slow in his reactions that caused the war? Perhaps Biden should have flown to Helsinki and knelt in fealty to Vladimir Putin like Trump did in 2018? Of course, Trump, as you put it, 'knows he can strike a deal with Putin' because Trump does not have the courage to deny Putin any of his demands. The rest of Europe will not roll over to allow the Russian despot to seize Ukraine. If the American president is not courageous enough to stand up to Putin, Europe will show him how it's done. John Clouseau
Manhattan: So many times when NATO and expenditures are discussed, they are discussed in terms of what percentage of GDP member nations will spend on the defense of their countries. That is not the only thing to consider. We must also consider the lives of the service members. In World War I and World War II, millions of Americans fought in Europe. Hundreds of thousands died. More than 100,000 never came home and are buried in Belgium, England, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. More than 20,000 are listed as missing in action. The cost is more than at least 2% of GDP. Elizabeth Bettina Nicolosi
Hallandale, Fla.: With a jaundiced eye on the subject enclave, Trump sets his focus on turning the ruins of Gaza into a glittering resort area. But does he excoriate Benjamin Netanyahu for the genocide and massive cruelty he engendered? Does he insist that Bibi abide by the terms of the ceasefire that require thousands of tents and mobile homes to reach Gaza's tormented citizens? Of course not. This would upset his vision for a grand mecca in the desert. But Palestinians would rather perish than be forced to vacate their sacred, time-honored homeland. Sid Sussman
Bronx: To Voicer Jack Cregan: I'll try this again with. The murder of innocents like Laken Riley at the hands of illegal immigrants can not be considered 'statistically negligible' when they are, in fact (not conjecture), 100% preventable. Chuck Shannon
Middle Village: Voicer David Moretti made some excellent observations regarding the root causes of traffic congestion in Manhattan. The huge increase in for-hire vehicles and the vast decrease in traffic lanes due to bicycle and bus lanes played a large role in the problem. However, there are three additional issues that intensified this mess. First, the city added burdensome traffic rules preventing drivers from making left or right turns on crosstown streets, forcing everybody to add to the congestion. And let's not forget the reduction in parking spaces due to Citi Bikes, bus lanes and bicycle lanes, creating a situation where drivers circle around and around looking for a place to park. But the most frustrating issue is pedestrians crossing against the light. This prevents drivers from going through an intersection, which creates gridlock. Bottom line is that the new congestion pricing tolls do nothing to address these core problems. Lee Rottenberg
Bronx: Mayor Adams has the gift of glibness as he sprinkles quips and rhymes into his sound bites. He's a modern-day Muhammad Ali without the talent or likability. I offer him a couple of pithy words he can ad lib when his back is against the ropes: 'You expect me to tighten up, but I always lighten up'; 'When folks say fold up, I say hold up'; 'There's no trial can erase my smile'; 'Others may desert me, but God will never hurt me.' Adams has a phrase for every evasion. Fred Smith
Avon-by-the-Sea, N.J.: Another daily had a photo of Gov. Hochul meeting with a 'key advisor,' the Rev. Al Sharpton. Kathy should have arrested Al, as he is a deadbeat. He has not paid one cent on a judgement levied against him for lying in the Tawana Brawley farce. He is hiding behind his title. Truly not a man of God. Robert Stiloski
White Plains, N.Y.: The Paul Simon article ('Paul Simon unretires for 20-city tour with weeklong NYC show,' Feb. 19) refers to Simon as a Newark native. Yes, he was born in New Jersey, but four years later his parents moved to Queens. There he grew up and met Art Garfunkel. The rest is history. To me, he'll always be a native New Yorker. Randi Bernstein Feigenbaum
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Eleni Kounalakis told CNN that she expects state officials to file a federal lawsuit on Monday against the Trump administration's move to federalize and deploy the National Guard in Los Angeles. Kounalakis said the lawsuit will say that the president did not have the 'authority to call in the National Guard for 400 people protesting in a way that local law enforcement could clearly handle it.' Earlier in the evening, Newsom said he had made a formal request to the White House to 'rescind their unlawful deployment of troops in Los Angeles county and return them to my command,' The governor said: 'This is a serious breach of state sovereignty — inflaming tensions while pulling resources from where they're actually needed.' 4 p.m. EDTWhen asked by reporters whether he would invoke the Insurrection Act, the law that gives presidents the authority to deploy the military domestically, Trump said, 'Depends on whether or not there's an insurrection,' adding he does not think the Los Angeles protests are an insurrection, though he said there are 'violent people, and we're not going to let them get away with it.' Trump said he called Newsom and told him he had to 'take care' of the protests, otherwise he would 'send in the troops,' and he told a reporter who asked whether California officials who obstruct deportations would face federal charges: 'If officials stand in the way of law and order, yeah, they will face charges.' 1:30 p.m. EDTAbout 300 members of the National Guard have been stationed across Los Angeles so far, The New York Times reported, the first soldiers as part of the 2,000 Trump has promised to station across the city as more protests are expected to take place this afternoon. 1 p.m. EDTLos Angeles Mayor Karen Bass told the Los Angeles Times said she tried to talk to the Trump administration to 'tell them that there was absolutely no need to have troops on the ground here in Los Angeles,' stating the protests on Saturday were 'relatively minor' and 'peaceful,' with about 100 protesters. 3:22 a.m. EDTBass appeared to rebuff Trump's claim the National Guard did a 'great job' in the city, stating in a post on X that the National Guard had not yet been deployed at that time in Los Angeles, while praising Newsom and local law enforcement. 2:41 said in a late-night Truth Social post the National Guard did a 'great job' in Los Angeles, while slamming Newsom and Bass and the 'Radical Left' protesters and stating protesters will no longer be allowed to wear masks: 'What do these people have to hide, and why???' 12:14 slammed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for 'threatening to deploy active-duty Marines on American soil against its own citizens' as 'deranged behavior.' June 7The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said it had arrested two people Saturday evening for alleged assault on a police officer, stating multiple officers had been injured by a Molotov cocktail, the Los Angeles Times reported. 10:34 exhibited 'violent behavior' toward federal agents and local law enforcement, the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department said in a statement, while clarifying it is not involved in federal law enforcement response and is instead focused on crowd and traffic control. 10:22 a post on X, Newsom said the federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying soldiers in Los Angeles solely to create a 'spectacle.' 10:06 announced in a post on X the Department of Defense is 'mobilizing the National Guard IMMEDIATELY to support federal law enforcement in Los Angeles,' stating Marines are standing by for deployment in case of violence. 9:17 House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced Trump would deploy 2,000 National Guard troops to Los Angeles to address 'lawlessness,' citing protests targeting immigration officers. National Guard troops deployed in Los Angeles. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) ... More Members of the National Guard stand guard outside the Metropolitan Detention Center, MDC in downtown ... More Los Angeles. (Photo by Frederic J. Brown / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., speaks to reporters near where the National Guard troops are ... More stationed. (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) A woman carries a Mexican flag in front of National Guard troops in Los Angeles. (Photo by Spencer ...) Protests broke out Friday and Saturday in Paramount and Compton, cities adjacent to Los Angeles, over immigration raids conducted by ICE, during which the agency detained 44 immigrants Friday and 118 immigrants Saturday, the Associated Press reported. Police and protesters clashed over the weekend, according to local reports and videos on social media, with law enforcement using tear gas and flash grenades to break up the crowds while some protesters threw rocks and lit vehicles on fire. Glendale, California, announced Sunday the city had terminated an agreement with Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement that allowed the agencies to house federal detainees at the city's police facility. Glendale officials said the move was 'a local decision and was not made lightly,' as the city 'recognizes that public perception of the ICE contract—no matter how limited or carefully managed, no matter the good—has become divisive.' Glendale's city manager opted to end the contract after 'careful evaluation of legal, operational and community considerations,' the city said, noting the decision was not 'politically driven.' Trump reportedly said in a memo he is invoking Title 10 of the U.S. Code on Armed Services, which allows the federal government to deploy the National Guard if the United States is 'invaded or is in danger of invasion by a foreign nation,' or if there is a 'rebellion or danger of a rebellion against the authority of the Government of the United States.' Vice President JD Vance said in a post on X on Saturday night the influx of immigrants, which he called 'Biden's border crisis,' amounts to an 'invasion,' rebuffing critics who have questioned whether Trump had the authority to deploy troops. Trump's move has faced some pushback from constitutional scholars. 'For the federal government to take over the California National Guard, without the request of the governor, to put down protests is truly chilling,' Erwin Chemerinsky, dean of the University of California Berkeley School of Law, told the Los Angeles Times. The legal issues raised by Trump sending the National Guard to L.A. (Los Angeles Times)
