Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

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It took a while, but Lyin' Ted Cruz has gotten right with Donald. Have you?

I should not be surprised with the fury that the liberal media and Democrats are going after Donald Trump to retain power of the White House. I still remember how reporter Sam Donaldson of ABC News would belittle then President Ronald Reagan.

The Democrats have been in power for eight years now. Only dictators want to remain in power for long periods of time. We are not in a dictatorship but it sure looks like the Democrats are not willing to give up their power, even after so many years.

It is time for a change. I am a Republican and voted for Barack Obama in 2008, but feel this country is not going in the right direction. If we gave President Obama eight years to lead this country, it is time to give our Republican nominee, Donald Trump, four years to take this country in a new direction.

LAURA SUAREZ,

MIAMI

I agree with Scott Adams. This is a transformative election. Barack Obama rode into office in 2008 with soaring, conciliatory rhetoric. Remember "Hope and Change"? What we got was arrogance, narcissism, incompetence, mendacity, and thuggery. Obama has pitted whites against blacks (thereby worsening race relations), weakened our defense forces, rammed legislation down Americans' throats, lied repeatedly (remember "If you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor"?), and, perhaps most significantly, trampled on the Constitution. Hillary Clinton would be more of the same, and Americans are tired of it. Donald Trump will win the election in a landslide. Don't pay attention to the polls, especially national polls. Many people who won't admit to pollsters or journalists that they support Trump (for fear that they will be vilified) will vote for him when they're behind the curtain.

Democrats had fun for the past eight years, but their president, Obama, has given progressivism a bad name. This will harm the Democrat Party for years to come, and deservedly so. I predict that Obama will go down in history as one of our worst presidents. As for how he got elected, it's simple: white guilt. The white people who voted for him to assuage their guilt—and I know some—should be ashamed of themselves. They put their own selfish interest in feeling good about themselves ahead of the well-being of their fellow citizens. We will have an authentic black president in due course, and it will be a Republican. (By "authentic," I mean someone who descends from slaves, which Obama does not. He's half white and half Kenyan. If he descends from anything, it is from slaveholders.)

President Trump will repair much of the damage done by Obama. Our long national nightmare is about to end.

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Blow by Blow (1975). I didn’t know until now that this song was written by Stevie Wonder. I have loved Jeff Beck’s version of it for 41 years—since I graduated from high school.

William Kristol, George Will, Jonah Goldberg, and Stephen Hayes (to name just four Never Trumpers) want four years of this. No conservative should support these moral retards. Don't read their columns; don't watch them on television; don't visit their websites; don't buy their books. They have proved that they either don't understand or don't care about ordinary, hard-working, God-fearing Americans. They care about their own wealth, privilege, power, and status.

To the Editor:

I am no Trump fan, but your editorial’s attempt to show what a bad guy Donald Trump is by quoting his statement “I fight very hard to pay as little tax as possible” is not a compelling argument. Do you know any folks who don’t try to reduce their tax obligation?

FRANK MAHER

North Haven, Conn.

Note from KBJ: Every day, almost every news story, op-ed column, editorial opinion, and letter to the editor in the New York Times has one purpose, namely, to bash Donald Trump. The Times is nothing more (or less) than the propaganda arm of the Democrat Party. What a vile publication! Please don't tell me not to read it. I read it because I want to know how the other side operates.

It's the first day of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere. Summers are hot in North Texas (where I live), but autumns, winters, and springs are mild and delightful. I had 26 years of snow, ice, slush, and cold weather. That's enough for one life.

Addendum: I got to wondering today whether "equinox" is related to "equine," which has to do with horses. Apparently not. The word "equine" comes from the Latin "equus," meaning horse. The word "equinox" comes from the Latin "aequus" (equal) and "nox" (night).