Silence on violence
What a great article by Sylvia Bennett-Stone (“Where is rage over killings of our children?” Feb. 5).
She is 100% correct. Where are all our community leaders and politicians? This is truly an epidemic.
Our children should be safe in our streets, safe at school, safe in car seats in their parents’ cars and safe in their beds.
Neither Republicans nor Democrats are showing outrage. Why not? Because it doesn’t align with either of their narratives.
We need decent people to stand up and speak out, like the author of this article, about the tragedy of our precious children being slaughtered in this country.
Steve Preziosa
Deptford, NJ
GOP’s Jan. 6 split
Only after Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell made it clear the Jan. 6 insurrection was not “legitimate political discourse” have GOP elected officials begun mimicking what the conservative Kentucky lawmaker said on Tuesday (“Mitch slap at RNC on Liz censure,” Feb. 9).
While I expect more Republicans to join McConnell, I’m still waiting for the first major GOP donors to publicly refuse to support the national party’s ongoing fund-raising efforts.
In my opinion, only when the money trail dries up will the Republican National Committee and its affiliated statewide organizations reverse course. Until they do, this self-inflicted wound of a thousand cuts may prove to be fatal.
Denny Freidenrich
Laguna Beach, Calif.
Flores’ lawsuit
It is unfortunate the Brian Flores controversy was not about the qualifications of a head coach in the NFL (“Flores’ lawyers: NFL lawsuit why Smith got Texans coaching job,” Sports, Feb. 8).
This would have been a more constructive discussion than the flame-throwing charges of racism.
Evaluating Flores’ background and experiences would have been an interesting study in the process of selecting a head coach in the NFL.
Instead, we get the toxic charges of racism, which are destructive and divisive and will end in animosity.
Ed Houlihan
Ridgewood, NJ
Behind ‘blue line’
As a retired law-enforcement officer of 35 years, I am extremely puzzled by the purposefully misleading denigration of the meaning of the “thin blue line” flag (“Blue with outrage,” Feb. 7).
It has absolutely nothing to do with racism. The blue in the flag stands for those who serve, and the black in the flag stands for police officers murdered in the line of duty. It’s that simple.
Those police officers killed in the line of duty are black, Asian, white, Hispanic or of mixed race like myself.
This false narrative about what the flag means is being promulgated by those who want to divide the country along the lines of race and incite violence against police officers — no matter what their skin color is.
Bryan Carty
Jensen Beach, Fla.
Avenatti’s penance
Michael Avenatti, the erstwhile savior of the Democratic Party, was found guilty for a second time of fraud and stealing money from his clients (“Stormy: No mercy for ‘Av,’ ” Feb. 6).
Once heralded as being the man to defeat former President Donald Trump as a candidate, he proved himself to be nothing more than a slick lawyer with his hands in other peoples’ pockets.
Avenatti sunk to the depths of depravity and will soon be doing jail time, and I consider that a good start.
Jack Kaufman
Naples, Fla.
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