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

Katherine's office party was at Dave & Buster's. Here I am—a natural-born killer—taking out many aliens. Even Katherine couldn't stand the gore. Click to enlarge.

To the editor:

Doyle McManus says both Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama have sought regime change at the point of a gun. This is an unfair comparison. ("Democrats and Republicans agree — regime change is out of fashion," Opinion, Dec. 20)

Bush defied the United Nations as well as much of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with his U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003, supported by the deceitful notion that Iraqis yearned for democracy. Obama, conversely, participated in a coalition aiming to prevent wholesale slaughter and misery in civil wars that could spread instability throughout the region.

It is notable that Obama's political opponents slammed his actions in Libya while demanding that he do the same thing in Syria.

Eric Carey, Arlington, Va.

Note from KBJ: Hillary Clinton and many other Democrats supported military intervention in Iraq. Eric Carey has a selective memory.

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To the Editor:

Re “Clinton’s Focus in 3rd Debate Is G.O.P. Field” (front page, Dec. 20):

Your article goes on for eight paragraphs reporting on what Hillary Clinton said, with a mention of her “deflecting persistent attacks” from Senator Bernie Sanders and former Gov. Martin O’Malley, but ignoring their substantive statements until further down.

Between the Saturday night scheduling guaranteeing a low viewership, and your account, there will be many who will believe that Mrs. Clinton overwhelmingly dominated the debate, that Bernie Sanders’s statements were inconsequential and that Mrs. Clinton’s candidacy is inevitable.

In a media environment in which Donald Trump gets 23 times the coverage that Mr. Sanders gets, according to the Tyndall Report, even though Mr. Sanders beats Mr. Trump in a head-to-head matchup in a recent Quinnipiac poll, having the newspaper of record play down Mr. Sanders’s viability as a candidate does a disservice to our democracy.

RICHARD BARBER

Brooklyn

Note from KBJ: Democrats face a choice between a harridan and the crazy uncle in the attic.

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To the editor:

It's fitting that nonbelievers like humanist Annabelle Gurwitch have found meaningful and inclusive ways to celebrate the time of the year that most American religions call Christmas. ("You don't have to be religious to revel in the holiday season," Opinion, Dec. 17)

After all, it was the pagan “yule” celebration that Christians co-opted and called “Christmastide” nearly 1,500 years ago. Yet many religious conservatives persist in denouncing alternative seasonal celebrations like the annual Atheists United winter solstice gala as evidence of a “war on Christmas.”

Would that we all could get along during this universally special time of the year. Over the next week, shouldn't peace and goodwill to all prevail? Isn't that what the so-called Christmas spirit is all about?

Gurwitch, with her joyful fusion of religious and secular traditions, better demonstrates that ideal than do many self-styled devout celebrants.

Devra Mindell, Santa Monica

Note from KBJ: I haven't heard anyone "denounc[e] alternative seasonal celebrations." Have you?