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

I rarely read Ross Douthat, mainly because he's boring, but also because he's insufferably smug. ("I went to Harvard!") I read his op-ed column today and got a kick out of it. It's going to be great fun to watch him come crawling to Donald Trump.

To the Editor:

Re “Trump Details Foreign Policy of Paradoxes” (front page, April 28):

In his major foreign-affairs address on Wednesday, Donald Trump declared that the United States should be “unpredictable, starting now.” Like many of his views in this area, Mr. Trump gets this one exactly backward.

The last thing the world needs is a United States with a radically unpredictable foreign policy, for the same reason that no one needs to share a crowded highway with an unpredictable eighteen-wheeler. Many other countries and institutions formulate their policies with relation to the United States, and a highly erratic American policy would make it impossible for anyone to do so safely.

Mr. Trump’s idea is a call for a state of international chaos that would be dangerous for all concerned, especially the United States.

GEORGE COLVIN

Oakton, Va.

The writer is a retired Foreign Service officer.

Note from KBJ: Thank God this man is retired. The United States of America must be feared and respected, not loved or admired. Donald Trump will make America great again.

Getz/Gilberto (1964).

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To the Editor:

Re “Trump in a Sweep of Eastern States; Clinton Wins in 4” (front page, April 27): One of the hot topics of the primary elections is whether Donald Trump will win enough delegates to avoid a contested convention. I’m not writing this in support of him or any other candidate, but let me get this straight. If Mr. Trump is just a few votes shy of the 1,237 mark, other candidates actually have a viable chance of securing the nomination at the Republican Convention?

Can we allow a small number of establishment delegates to reverse the decision of the overwhelming majority of Republican voters? While the answers to both questions should be a resounding “No!,” that is exactly what might happen.

Love Mr. Trump or hate him, America and our entire electoral system were founded on the principle of democracy by the people. Barring a virtually impossible comeback by Ted Cruz in the remaining primaries, a Trump loss at a contested convention would undermine everything our great country was built upon, and would mean that the votes of you, me and every other American citizen mean absolutely nothing.

AUSTIN RODGERS

Apopka, Fla.

Note from KBJ: The system is rigged, but Donald Trump will win anyway. That's a measure of his appeal.

The best teams in Major League Baseball right now are the Washington Nationals and the Chicago Cubs. Each team is 14-5. Just think: If one of them wins its next 21 games, it will match the record of 35-5 compiled by the Detroit Tigers in 1984. This was the greatest team in the history of baseball.

Blue Öyster Cult (1972). "[D]ark, amphetamine-fueled occult music." Ha!

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