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

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Inauguration day is 20 January 2017, so we have less than half a year to listen to, look at, and tolerate this thug.

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Tom Verducci looks at the future of baseball. Maybe I'm just getting old, but it seems to me that today's players are sissies compared to the players of my youth.

To the Editor:

Re “Jihad and the French Exception” (Op-Ed, July 21):

For a number of reasons, I find Farhad Khosrokhavar’s argument about French exceptionalism unconvincing. He argues that Islamic radicalization in French immigrant communities is largely explained by the French commitment to the universalist republican ideal.

In fact, efforts to enforce values of national identity have been growing throughout Europe.

The British have reinforced their requirements for citizenship (the former prime minister, David Cameron, called it “muscular liberalism”), while other countries—the Netherlands in particular—have strengthened their entry and citizenship requirements to reflect a newfound sense of national identity.

In this context, France is hardly exceptional. We will have to look for other explanations for why so many young men from France (and other countries in Europe) have engaged in angry terrorism.

MARTIN A. SCHAIN

New York

The writer, a professor of politics at New York University, is writing a book about the politics of borders in Europe and the United States.

The Texas Rangers are struggling. Though they remain in first place in their division (the American League West), their lead has shrunk to 2.5 games (from more than 10) over the Houston Astros. It should be a close race through the end of the season. Yesterday evening, Katherine and I went to the Ballpark in Arlington (about 10 miles from our house in Fort Worth) to cheer the boys to victory over the lowly Oakland Athletics. Alas, they lost, 6-4. This image shows the Rangers' mascot, Rangers Captain. He (or she) came to the third deck to give a girl some souvenirs. Click to enlarge.

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The End of the Sky (1989).