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

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As I write this, the Attorney General of the United States, Loretta Lynch, is announcing that the Department of Justice is suing the state of North Carolina in order to force the state to allow men into women's restrooms (should they consider themselves "women"). This is thuggery. In just eight months, the thugs will be out of power.

Addendum: Bruce Jenner, who still (apparently) has a penis, but now dresses like a woman, would be able to go into a women's restroom if the Department of Justice got its way. Jenner says he's (still) attracted to women. So here's my question: Do you want a heterosexual man to be in a restroom with you (if you're a woman), with your wife, with your sister, with your mother, or with your daughter? Why should it matter that he's wearing women's clothing? No penises in women's restrooms! Let's hope the thugs lose this one.

The inimitable David Horowitz takes on those he calls the "Never-Trump Pouters." I couldn't have said it better. I've been describing the behavior of these pouters as "moral preening," for its purpose is to signal virtue, in this case the virtue of being a "true" or "pure" conservative. The animal best known for preening is the peacock, so I hereby denominate the moral preeners "Peacocks." Let's see whether the term catches on.

To the Editor:

I am a little surprised that Donald J. Trump is being so severely criticized for “his brutish agenda” (“Donald Trump’s Pygmalion Project,” Opinion, April 27) when a much scarier agenda of a previous presidential candidate comes to mind. Does no one else remember the fear of nuclear war that would certainly result, many of the fear mongers proclaimed, if Ronald Reagan were elected president in 1980?

Well, Reagan was elected, and nothing happened. In fact, this belligerent (with the Soviets and communism) candidate Reagan turned out to be, in the eyes of a great many, one of the greatest presidents. Could this scenario not also be applied to the candidacy and possible presidency of Mr. Trump?

Now, of course, Reagan and Trump have much dissimilarity. But they also have much similarity.

Mr. Trump shares with Reagan the qualities of being a Washington outsider, having very effective (though different in style) communication skills and having a confrontational view of current world affairs.

Reagan was more the grandfather and Mr. Trump is more the huckster, granted. But Reagan was a plain speaker and so is Mr. Trump. And American voters have always appreciated this.

JAMES MCIVOR

Busan, South Korea

Note from KBJ: Donald Trump will be a great president, perhaps one of the greatest this great nation has produced. He will surround himself with the best people (just as he has done in his business life); he will act in behalf of the American people rather than the wealthy and powerful; he will never hesitate to say what he believes for fear of being called racist, sexist, homophobic, or xenophobic (thereby distinguishing himself from the likes of George W. Bush, John McCain, and Mitt Romney); and, most importantly, he will undo the damage that Barack Hussein Obama has done to this country. Get right with Donald. It's not too late. We're going to take our country back from the thugs and make it great again.

Holy Smoke (1992).

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Marcel Kittel of Germany wins his second stage in a row of this year's Giro d'Italia. Watch.

Rick Wilson is a Republican political consultant. He had nothing to do with Donald Trump's primary victory and he knows that he will have no role in a Trump administration. This means that he will have to get honest work for the next four years (perhaps eight), and he hates it. He absolutely hates it. Rick Wilson isn't smart enough to realize it, but he and his ilk are precisely why Trump has been so successful. Not to put too fine a point on it, but Republican political consultants such as Rick Wilson and Karl Rove are useless pieces of shit. Donald Trump is purging society of them.

How stupid do you have to be to get into a stranger's car?