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

As religion.

This is hilarious. Law professor John Yoo says that Donald Trump has compiled a list of "outstanding" Supreme Court nominees, but he's worried that Trump can't be trusted to nominate one of them. Think about what he's saying: It's certain that Hillary Clinton will nominate lawless justices, but not certain that Trump won't; therefore, Trump is no better than Clinton. If that's not the point of his blog post, then why worry about what Trump will or won't do? We know what Hillary will do.

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Cheap Trick (1977). I was two months shy of my 20th birthday when this band burst onto the scene. I'll never forget the effect it had on me. With any luck, I'll get to see the band in concert.

If there is anyone out there who cares about William Kristol, please intervene to get him the help he needs for his Trump Derangement Syndrome. The man is seriously unwell, perhaps to the point of contemplating suicide.

Donald Trump has released a list of potential Supreme Court nominees. The reaction of progressives is (and will continue to be) negative, which shows that Trump is a conservative, which puts conservatives at ease with him, which increases solidarity within the conservative movement, which increases Trump's chances of being elected president. Progressives don't realize that Trump is five steps ahead of them.

To the Editor:

Re “Famous Atheist’s Non-Faith Is Questioned in Friend’s Book,” by Mark Oppenheimer (Beliefs column, May 14):

I knew Christopher Hitchens. For more than 20 years he was my close friend. There is simply no truth to the rumor that he was “shaky in his atheism” toward the end of his tragically short life.

That on one occasion he enjoyed reading St. John’s Gospel aloud to entertain himself and a Christian travel companion on a long drive, as reported in the column, is scarcely a surprise. Christopher had a muscular mind and a beautiful, sonorous voice, and the final Gospel resonates wonderfully in English.

In no way was he “contemplating conversion.”

Christopher was an omnivore, interested in everything, including—why not?—the most poetic of the Gospels. After all, it is included in one of the great books of the Western world.

The evangelical author Larry Alex Taunton’s allegation is at best a well-meant misunderstanding, a result of wishful thinking, and at worst an effort to cast doubt on Hitch’s core convictions.

Mr. Hitchens faced death bravely, his atheism intact. Unlike Voltaire, he never buckled.

PETER FOGES

Brooklyn

Note from KBJ: It sounds to me as though Hitchens was covering his ass.

This woman claims to be a conservative but insists that she will not vote for Donald Trump. She recommends that like-minded individuals "tune out" for a while. Please do. Please, please, please just shut up and go away. We're sick to death of your whining, your moral preening, and your vitriolic attacks on those of us who believe that Trump will be a great president. The rest of the American people have important work to do, namely, getting Trump elected (thereby thwarting Hillary Clinton) and making America great again.