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

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It's only a matter of time before Horatio Alger novels are banned by progressives. See here.

I've read many of Justice Antonin Scalia's judicial opinions over the years. While I almost always enjoyed reading them (if for no other reason than their wit), I haven't always been happy with the reasoning being displayed. Justice Scalia's majority opinion in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008), for example, is tendentious. His reasoning is no better, and arguably worse, than that of Justice John Paul Stevens, who dissented. This doesn't mean I don't like the result in that case (I do); nor does it mean that it's impossible to reach that result through sound reasoning (it's possible); it means that Justice Scalia's reasoning is unimpressive and, in the end, unpersuasive. I chalk the poor reasoning up to lack of philosophical training. (Scalia majored in history as an undergraduate.)

Peter Wehner is spectacularly wrong about Donald Trump, but exactly right about Pope Francis. Americans have every right, legally and morally, to control their borders, just as the Vatican does.

I would be very surprised if Barack Obama nominated a 77-year-old man to the Supreme Court.

The Allman Brothers Band (1969).

To the Editor:

Caitlin Daniel didn’t mention an essential factor in children’s nutrition and family harmony: discipline.

Dr. Benjamin Spock and countless old-fashioned parents have always known that one can be both loving but firm with children who don’t want to do what they’re told. It is not all right to assume that whenever a child cries over an unwanted rule, that that rule is wrong or must be abolished.

When children refuse to taste even a tiny amount of something new or familiar, there is nothing wrong with not letting them have anything else, including at the next meal. Even punishment is O.K., so long as it is neither extreme nor ineffective. The right punishment will not have to be repeated more than a few times at most, which leaves many years of happy mealtimes with no arguing or complaining.

It’s not just about wasting food; it’s about developing children’s long-lasting respect for their parents’ work and deference to parental authority.

KIRA BARNUM

Somerville, Mass.