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

Bingo.

Here.

Here.

Poor Jonah Goldberg. His effort to police conservatism is an abject failure. Here's my advice to Goldberg: You have one vote, just like everyone else; nobody cares what you do with it. Shut your mouth about Donald Trump. He's the nominee of the Republican Party and he will be the president for at least four years. You didn't make him and you can't destroy him. You are irrelevant to what is happening in American politics today. You are a clown.

Addendum: The following comment on Goldberg's op-ed column says it all:

The hold-out cabal of journalists who have self-appointed themselves the spokesman and the intelligence leaders of 'conservatives' and 'Republicans' have no shame. First, if you people had put 5% of the same effort and energy into stopping Barack and Dems, you would have at least a sliver of credibility! But NOOOOO… you save your vitriol for fellow Repubs. Second, you shoved Romney and McCain down our throats. You dont think Trump is 'conservative' – but you thought Romeny was? He had to go on all the Sunday shows and announce that he was a "SEVERE CONSERVATIVE" – remember that? The father of Obamacare? He fit your litmus test but Trump does not? The irony is I used to LOVE you guys – Kristol et all. Now you are worse to me that the Dems. You guys should leave the party and go create a Dem Lit party with Bush and McCain and Romney and the rest of them. You guys can tell voters your conservative – them expand the size of govt, enter more stupid wars, add the deficit, etc. You sound like a whining 8 year old girl when you write drivel like this. Grow up. Take your medicine – and just vote for Trump and give everyone a break. Now it is time for YOU to fall in line. Let's see if there is any humility left among you rotten, spoiled babies.

Exactly!

The thing I like most about Donald Trump is that he doesn't give a damn what conservative elites or intellectuals think, say, or do. This is what infuriates them; they realize that they're unimportant. See here for an interesting essay.

Read it and weep, Yankee fans.

The peloton miscalculated.

To the Editor:

Re “Plan to End Poverty Is Wide of the Target,” by Eduardo Porter (Economic Scene column, June 1): The proposals in this article to end poverty improve as one reads further. It is ridiculous to think that the federal government could or would subsidize every American with several thousand dollars a year, a so-called universal basic income.

But a program that provides support with a commitment to work is a great idea. Simultaneously, welfare (with no work commitment) could be provided only for those who are impaired.

The government should be responsible for providing jobs and training to all Americans, not free money without any strings attached.

If this program were crafted and enacted by Congress, I would gladly pay more taxes. In the long run, it will decrease government entitlements and put many more people in the work force.

SALVATORE J. BOMMARITO

New York

We had a great time in Scotland. We arrived in Glasgow at 1:30 PM (local time) on Thursday, 26 May. We departed at 9:30 AM (local time) on Thursday, 2 June. That's four hours shy of a week. Here is where we slept:

• 26 May: Glasgow
• 27 May: Edinburgh
• 28 May: Edinburgh
• 29 May: Inverness
• 30 May: Thurso
• 31 May: Perth
• 1 June: Glasgow

In the entire week, there was no precipitation other than a drizzle for about 30 minutes on the first day (as we walked the streets of Glasgow searching for a restaurant). How crazy is that? I expected lots of rain during our visit, based on things I had read and heard. It was also sunny most of the time, which cheered me immensely. (I'm addicted to sunshine, having lived in Arizona and Texas for the past 33 years.) The locals said that it had rained a lot in the week before we arrived (or maybe it was the week before the week before we arrived). As for the temperature, it was perfect. I wore a jacket occasionally, but often wore only a button-down shirt. I'll remember the glorious cool days of Scotland when it gets oppressively hot in Texas this summer.

Ben Stein (a graduate of Yale Law School) nails it.