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Dartmouth, Mass.: The Republican strategists have always been masters at reducing their chosen issues and enemies into single words, names or slogans. The greatest and most inventive has been Donald Trump, who was rewarded with the presidency and adoring supporters who revel in his name-calling, sloganeering, mockery and invented nicknames.

Peters Township, Pa.: I applaud President Biden for presenting a spirited and comprehensive State of the Union address, surely knowing that parts of it would trigger insults and heckling from the many Republican members of Congress who want to humiliate him and deny him any further accomplishments. Although he mangled a number of words as he often does, he managed to present a detailed list of accomplishments and a wish list.

Forest Hills: Two days after the two-year anniversary of Jan. 6, insurrectionists invaded the heart of Brazilian democracy.

Manhattan: The chickens are coming home to roost on Steve Bannon. His flagrant defiance of the House Jan. 6 panel’s subpoena investigating the insurrection was and remains indefensible and amounts to nothing more than him thumbing his nose at the congressional committee. Now that his contempt trial in federal court is about to begin, he is scrambling with the help of his lawyer to slither away from the charges by finally agreeing to testify before the committee. And he’s using that belated w...

Opelika, Ala.: It’s imperative that Mayor Adams and Schools Chancellor David Banks heed Dr. Sally Shaywitz’s recommendations and fight effectively to diminish the dyslexia scourge.

Northport, L.I.: Joe Biden must be the Rodney Dangerfield of presidents because he gets no respect for winning a free and fair election.

Washington: Re “Amtrak proves Amtrak wrong” (editorial, March 29): The work that Amtrak is doing at night and on weekends in the 110-year-old North River Tunnel is only maintenance in one section designed to keep the tunnel running and immediately reduce delays. It is not the full rehabilitation of the tunnel, so it lasts another century, that is necessary as part of the full Hudson Tunnel Project under the Gateway Program.