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Responses to an essay about reading all of Shakespeare, not excerpts, in school. Also: Threats to democracy in Israel; our flawed system; infants in cars.
Readers discuss the current malaise among many college students. Also: The Oklahoma abortion ban; stopping gun violence; remote work and the climate.
To the Editor: The answer to President Biden’s question to the Republican lawmakers “Have you no shame?” is yes, they have no shame. Democratic politicians should not make an assumption that they are working across the aisle with a political party of integrity, one that plays by the rules, respects the norms and cares about the American people. That is not the Republican Party of today. Republican lawmakers care not at all about democracy, only about obtaining and keeping power. And they are willing to do anything to that end. They lie to their constituents, especially promoting the “...
AP Photos The first Lost Cause has been a legend for 155 years. It is the Lost Cause of the Confederacy. The second may become a legend if we are not sufficiently aware of its beginnings, which are playing out before us via President Trump’s “Stop The Steal” campaign. It is the Lost Cause of the Stolen Election. The Lost Cause of the Confederacy has been one of the principal sources of racial division, social division and political polarization in our country. It is grounded on the racist view that white people are superior to black people and therefore had the right to enslave them. ...