To the Editor:
Re “Conviction Acts as Rallying Cry for Republicans” (entrance web page, June 1):
This can be an excessive amount of to ask of residents who’ve already given a lot, but it surely may very well be immensely highly effective if a number of jurors from former President Donald Trump’s hush cash trial publicly defined how they arrived at 34 counts of responsible to reaffirm that he acquired a good trial. For the protection of the jurors, maybe there’s a approach to do that with out divulging their identities.
This gained’t silence the Republican leaders rallying to the ex-president, however it could resonate with common Individuals on the lookout for a good and truthful voice to elucidate why the previous president is now a convicted felon.
David Baldwin
Petaluma, Calif.
To the Editor:
There have been quite a few letters and opinion items criticizing the district legal professional, Alvin Bragg, claiming that he has been too inventive weaving present legal guidelines collectively in an effort to make the case for a felony versus a misdemeanor, and that the fees would have by no means been introduced if Donald Trump had been an extraordinary citizen.
I don’t doubt that is true, and I applaud Mr. Bragg for the braveness of his conviction (pun supposed) and creativity. The jurors didn’t appear to have any drawback together with his case.
And along with the three vital ongoing circumstances in Washington, D.C., Georgia and Florida, there are a number of lesser-known civil lawsuits pending towards him.
This can be a sample of dishonesty and illegality from a person looking for to carry the best workplace within the land. It demonstrates a scarcity of an ethical compass and confirms that he’s a fraud. It startles me that folks assist and belief him.
Invoice Barrett
Torrey, Utah
To the Editor:
Re “The Trump Trial’s Great Anticlimax,” by Michelle Goldberg (column, Might 22):
Ms. Goldberg is disenchanted by a current ballot that confirmed solely 16 p.c of Individuals adopted Donald Trump’s trial very carefully. The trial lasted almost two months, and I’m amongst those that adopted it very carefully. Most Individuals are busy with their jobs and different obligations; I had the time wanted for this prolonged present.
It appears to me that this present was very effectively deliberate. It had suspense (we didn’t understand how the jury would vote). It had loads of intercourse from Stormy Daniels, and it had vivid testimony about “catch and kill” offers from David Pecker. Michael Cohen’s tales of doing the bidding of Donald Trump and struggling for it describe at a person’s degree what Mr. Trump has accomplished to each the Republican Social gathering and America.
And the way about that ending: The protection known as solely two witnesses, one in all whom turned out to be a Trump witness for the prosecution.
Lastly, the trial led Mr. Trump to check himself to Al Capone. What author would have put that within the script?
James Phillips
Summit, N.J.
To the Editor:
As I used to be watching protection of the Trump verdict, I used to be struck by the quantity of people that identified it might be unfair to offer a 77-year-old man a jail sentence. This then raises the query: If he’s too previous to go to jail, why isn’t he too previous to be president?
Frank Dunau
Wellesley, Mass.
A Plea for Shorter Campaigns
To the Editor:
Studying information protection of elections in Britain, South Africa, and so forth., I’m struck by how they accomplish their ends in such a brief interval.
Maybe if we didn’t permit presidential campaigns to final for 2 years, a number of the toxicity of partisanship could be ameliorated. The way in which we presently undertake these elections is extra like leisure than significant politics.
Mary Ann Sternberg
Baton Rouge, La.
Nurses’ Perspective on Gun Violence
To the Editor:
Re “How the Pandemic Reshaped American Gun Violence” (nytimes.com, Might 14):
This text stories and illustrates how gun violence has change into an on a regular basis side of life for communities throughout america. Representing the primary line of protection in care settings, nurses share within the struggling that impacts sufferers and their households.
Nurses witness the carnage, wounds, tears, screams, anger and sheer lack of human life that consequence from gun violence. If we had been to frequently broadcast the accounts from nurses, the indecision and inaction that stop significant laws to handle gun security and firearm entry would finish. Scrambling to cease the bleeding from a bullet in somebody who was in school, at work, at a grocery retailer, is routine for a lot of nurses.
We’d like options now. Limiting the supply of handguns, requiring weapons to be securely saved, instituting ready durations throughout purchases, mandating common background checks for all firearm purchases, in addition to closing loopholes for personal and gun present gross sales, are only a few examples.
When will we understand that one thing is deeply unsuitable? How lengthy will leaders sit idly whereas this public well being disaster continues?
Jennifer Mensik Kennedy
Eugene, Ore.
The author is president of the American Nurses Affiliation.
Recommendation for Elon Musk: Discover That means on Earth, Not in Outer House
To the Editor:
Re “Life in SpaceX’s Company Town,” by Christopher Hooks (Opinion visitor essay, Might 26):
What a tragic, unhappy essay, so effectively accomplished by Mr. Hooks. The SpaceX mission is to avoid wasting humankind from the potential collapse of this planet by going to different planets? But, we take ourselves — the supply of our troubles on Earth — with us.
House won’t cleanse us of our hubris, our avarice, our destructiveness. Elon Musk thinks that by going into house he would possibly “discover out the that means of life”? The that means is correct right here, proper now.
That means is made, not discovered. The that means is a sequence of clichés: Be sort to at least one one other. Assist each other. Take care of each other. Be sure everyone seems to be fed and housed and supported. Care for the Earth for our personal sake and the sake of all different beings.
Get the celebs out of your eyes and dwell the stunning, superb, humble, deeply satisfying human life that this planet makes attainable for us.
Jonathan P. Levin
Northampton, Mass.