While your editorial (“America really was great, and can be again”) raises valid points, your slanted view of America is steeped in hypocrisy. You derisively label Donald Trump as a “willfully ignorant president who displays clear signs of dementia,” yet you blithely ignored Joe Biden’s pathetic incompetence for years.
You spitefully criticize the U.S. Supreme Court for adhering to longstanding legal principles, but advocate for a judiciary that would overstep its role, disrupting the separation of powers by legislating from the bench.
You disparage the Electoral College while misinterpreting its Hamiltonian roots, designed to maintain federal balance and measured governance. Such scornful sanctimoniousness belies its own willful ignorance. As you rightly noted, “greatness can only come from goodness” — a virtue not reflected in the vitriolic tone of your editorial.
Brian T. Cavanagh, Fort Lauderdale
Did feds protect Epstein?
Why have investigative reporters uncovered so much more about Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell’s crimes than the Department of Justice and the FBI?
The public wants to know why the DOJ and former U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta whitewashed Epstein’s crimes in Palm Beach County and gave him a sweetheart deal and why the video Epstein recorded in his homes in Palm Beach and New York disappeared when the FBI raided them. This has been hidden from the public.
Charlene Chitwood, Boca Raton
Don’t paint our roads
I live in Delray Beach, pay taxes and vote. It’s an outrage that my city would spend time promoting a political and gender agenda on our roads. You should be concerned with safe streets and nothing more.
If they can’t make the lives of everyday people better, commissioners should resign or better yet, be voted out of office in the next election.
Joseph Gustafson, Delray Beach
Greek life belongs on campus
As Boca Raton grows, often without the support or input of longtime residents, our community character is being eroded. The “Save Boca” movement is not about resisting progress; it’s about ensuring that growth is thoughtful, sustainable and respectful of the families living here.
A pressing example is Florida Atlantic University’s housing crisis. FAU continues to admit more students than it can responsibly house. The burden of this housing shortage falls on our neighborhoods. Increasingly, fraternities and sororities are moving into single-family homes, bringing a lifestyle that simply does not belong in quiet, family-oriented communities.
Before Greek Life moved in, our street was wholesome and quiet. Children rode bikes, neighbors walked their dogs, and families walked to school and to synagogue. That sense of peace and community has been replaced by noise, overcrowding and constant code violations.
Greek life has its place — on campus. If FAU wants to promote frat and sorority life, it must take responsibility for proper housing. With so much land consumed by sprawling parking lots, the university could make better use of its property, perhaps by creating parking decks with dormitories above. But the lack of planning has pushed the burden onto surrounding neighborhoods, straining and damaging the reputation of the city and the university.
Our city is starting to resemble “North Aventura” — dense, chaotic and increasingly unfriendly to families who simply want a safe, quiet place to raise children.
Calling city code enforcement on each infraction is not a solution. What’s needed is leadership from city officials and FAU to take responsibility, respect the community and preserve neighborhoods that make Boca a desirable place to live.
Jill Gumpper-Brannigan, Boca Raton
Ladapo’s not logical
From Dr. Joseph Ladapo’s quote in Sunday’s editorial on vaccines: “What you put into your body is because of your relationship with your body and your G-d.”
What he didn’t add: This is true as long as your G-d follows Florida law, no matter how ridiculous and harmful.
Barbara Kramer, Delray Beach
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