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Copake, N.Y.: Following the recent high-profile mass shootings, one of the more ridiculous conservative claims I’ve ever heard resurfaced: Perhaps gun violence is “the price of freedom” we all must accept. Maybe there is a solution hiding within this lie.
West Caldwell, N.J.: I’ve lived in the greater New York City area for 40 years and up until last March, served the city as a yellow cab driver full-time for the last eight of them. I’ve been watching this year’s mayoral race closely as nearly every quality of life issue has gone downhill. I was hoping that “Ed, Dave, Rudy, Mike, Bill and Me” (op-ed, Feb. 28) would give me better insight into many of the frontrunners vying to replace Big Bird next year. Unfortunately, this piece left me disappointed.
León, Spain: To Voicer Nelson C. Dones: The answer to your question as to who gets to decide your ethnicity is relatively simple: You.