Readers sound off on opposing Prop 1, Trump’s comments and a new spacesuit

Prop 1 is astir politics, not protecting rights

Manhattan: I was amazed by your Oct. 12 editorial endorsing Proposal 1 (“Vote yes connected Prop 1“). Your stance seems rooted successful an “ends warrant the means” mentality, peculiarly successful your subtitle: “Despite lousy language, its pro-choice extremity is correct.”

John Adams erstwhile said, “We are a federation of laws, not of men.” Our state depends connected the regularisation of law, not arbitrary decisions that reenforce governmental power. You rightly knock the Legislature for the proposal’s vague wording, admitting, “its deficiency of specificity volition permission its mentation unfastened to the courts overmuch much than the nonstop attack successful different states.” If the connection is problematic, wherefore enactment specified a risky measurement that could transportation unintended consequences? Remarkably, the connection doesn’t adjacent straight notation abortion.

Prop 1 appears to beryllium a calculated vote-grab for down-ballot Democrats, hinging connected a hot-button contented that is already heavy protected successful New York. The Legislature could person enactment this connected the ballot for the 2023 off-year predetermination but waited for 2024, apt for governmental gain. Your statement that fears astir women’s sports and privateness successful women’s spaces are conscionable that — fears — doesn’t clasp up. These issues are already playing retired successful New York without law backing. Even your editorial acknowledges lawsuits volition look owed to the proposal’s “mushy language.” What’s stopping fringe litigation from stripping distant parental rights, dismantling girls’ sports oregon adjacent granting payer rights to amerciable immigrants?

New Yorkers should spot done this governmental maneuvering. Proposal 1 is simply a poorly written, opportunistic measurement that doesn’t adjacent notation the cardinal contented it claims to protect. Paul J. Dreyer

Fanboy

Howard Beach: Anyone refusing to judge that Vladimir Putin has immoderate clasp implicit Donald Trump is not dealing with reality. Voicer James Formato is 1 of those individuals who appears to beryllium successful a authorities of denial. Kamala Harris was close erstwhile she said that if Trump was president, Putin would beryllium sitting successful Kyiv close now. Didn’t Trump telephone Putin a “genius” and “savvy” erstwhile Putin invaded Ukraine? As the remainder of the satellite condemned Putin, Trump was praising him. Time for Formato to aftermath up. Barbara Berg

Latest transgressions

Holbrook, L.I.: In the past fewer days, Trump has embarrassed himself astatine the Al Smith dinner, went connected a rant of admiration astir the size of Arnold Palmer’s genitalia and called the vice president “sh*t” — and the deplorables cheer! It’s clip for the Trumpers who taxable letters to the Daily News to answer: Why is this acceptable? Is this however you privation a president to behave? Michael L. Wilson

Improper guest

Floral Park, L.I.: I hold with Voicer Ed Jaworski astir Cardinal Dolan and an apology. Having that convicted transgression astatine that relation was disgusting. Nothing was comic astir it and Trump’s remarks were outrageous. Regina Rossi

Proper context

Bronx: To Voicer Linda Andreula: Former President Trump closed some bluish and confederate borders owed to the pandemic (remember COVID, the pandemic helium said was a hoax?) That is the crushed for the closing of the borderline during his term. You said that erstwhile Trump was successful office, the system was large and ostentation was astatine 1.3% (thanks to an system inherited from Barack Obama). Inflation is present astatine 2.4%, not 9%. Prices went up owed to COVID and the warfare successful Ukraine, wherever the U.S. gets astir of our atom and basal metals (during some administrations) and neither caused by President Biden. As acold arsenic you calling the U.S. the migrant states (Lady Liberty says truthful too), you are correct, arsenic astir of our ancestors were migrants. Lydia Milnar

Ahistorical

Manhattan: As you reported, Trump declared that citizens imprisoned for attempting to overturn the statesmanlike predetermination connected Jan. 6 are comparable to citizens of Japanese practice interned by the United States aft Japan’s onslaught connected Pearl Harbor. This is simply a wholly mendacious equivalency — a lie. The convicted Jan. 6 participants committed convulsive and seditious crimes. The interned Japanese-Americans did not. They were interned successful a misguided effort to mitigate hazard to our nationalist security. The United States yet apologized and paid humble restitution to the formerly interned Japanese. Tragically, Trump does not apologize oregon marque amends. Frankie Turchiano

Lopsided love

Mineola, L.I.: So, Trump has present said that Jan. 6, 2021 was a “day of love”! Yes, possibly for him and his cult, but not for anyone else! Most Americans spot that day arsenic a time of infamy, similar Dec. 7, 1941! People who emotion Trump did precisely what helium told them to bash — to effort to overthrow the president who had been legitimately elected connected Nov. 3, 2020! The lone emotion shown connected that time was the emotion the cult showed for Trump! Philip Martone

Dirty laundry

Chappaqua, N.Y.: All I perceive lately is, “I can’t ballot for Kamala due to the fact that I don’t cognize capable astir her.” Well, I cognize truthful overmuch astir the different feline and that’s wherefore I can’t ballot for him. More than 30,000 lies, nonsensical answers, racist and misogynistic comments, felonies, etc. I privation the children successful America to privation to emulate idiosyncratic of substance. Renée Pollard

New regime

Massapequa, L.I.: Forget astir being the archetypal pistillate president. Forget astir being the archetypal African-American pistillate president. If Kamala Harris wins this predetermination connected Nov. 5, she volition beryllium sworn successful connected Jan. 20, 2025 arsenic the precise archetypal president ever of the United Socialist People’s Republic of America. Be cautious what you privation for. Tom Ascher

Pulled retired the stops

Manhattan: Of people the Mets went each in. They asked their fans to amusement up. The fans did. Full house. Some shrewd radical asked The Temptations to amusement up. The Temptations did and had the spot rocking earlier the archetypal bat of the nighttime was swung. Of people the Mets went each in. There was a sliver of hope. Godspeed. Susan A. Stark

Too late

Manhattan: So, the Yankees clinch the pennant and my people variation of the Sunday Daily News has nothing! The beforehand leafage is astir a 4-year-old, the backmost leafage is the Mets! Nothing astir the victory. Look inside, it says “late game.” Why couldn’t much precocious variation papers of The News person been distributed similar the Post did? I’m switching to the Post. Felix Baez

No tampering

Brooklyn: It seems similar Lin-Manuel Miranda is simply a bully feline and talented, but I privation helium would travel up with a genuine thought that doesn’t person a ground successful an already celebrated idea. I perceive helium has made a woke medium with the thought that “The Warriors” are each pistillate and trans and such. It’s similar Marilyn Manson taking his sanction from Marilyn Monroe and Charles Manson. What’s next, “Gone with the Wind” oregon “Bullitt”? Please permission “The Warriors” alone. Joe Many

Local rule

Brooklyn: Voicer John Fair is confused. The Palestinians request to escaped themselves from Hamas, not the Israelis. The Israeli withdrawal from Gaza successful 2005 resulted successful a self-governed Palestinian territory that Hamas turned into a gangster-run coercion state. Hamas diverts humanitarian assistance funds for subject purposes, jails governmental opponents, executes gays and permits grant killings. Hamas has started 5 wars with Israel, conducts subject operations from civilian locations, and its equipped goons are looting humanitarian assistance convoys. The Palestinians person rejected galore offers of statehood due to the fact that this would mean recognizing Israel’s close to exit. Wendy Jackson

Fancy suit

Melbourne, Australia: Axiom Space and Prada person shown america a caller spacesuit to beryllium utilized connected the moon. It’s a nice-looking accepted achromatic suit, though I americium definite different colors volition beryllium disposable upon request. The Axiom Space website describes it arsenic “a spacesuit for everyone” but I wonderment if this includes an old, overweight bald antheral with a sore hip. The different imaginable occupation is the cost, which seems to beryllium anyplace betwixt $1 cardinal to $4 million, though it is hard to beryllium precise arsenic determination are nary for merchantability connected eBay astatine the moment. My solution volition beryllium to bargain 1 disconnected immoderate tract that offers fake products. If they tin marque reasonably close copies of Prada bags, a spacesuit should beryllium easy. Hopefully it volition beryllium airtight. In fact, it mightiness beryllium champion to ore connected the problems connected Earth earlier we effort to get disconnected the planet. Dennis Fitzgerald