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

Looks about right to me. Jeb Bush needs to get out of the race. Nobody wants another Bush in office, especially one who is a bug-eyed, stoop-shouldered bobblehead.

To the Editor:

Why are the CNBC moderators being vilified for their questioning? John Harwood’s asking Donald Trump if he is a comic figure is now being questioned. Isn’t that exactly what everyone has been saying all along? When you are running for the highest office in the land, everything is subject to scrutiny—character as well as verbiage.

MARY RAMNICEANU

New York

Note from KBJ: Harwood's questioning shows why journalists are near the bottom in public-opinion polls:

This is a close-up of the reconstructed Fort Holmes (on Mackinac Island), which is not yet open to the public. I can't wait to go inside. Click to enlarge.

I'm watching an interview of Bernie Sanders on CNN. This man isn't competent to be dog catcher, much less president of the United States.

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To the Editor:

Re “How Salad Can Make Us Fat,” by Alex Hutchinson (Sunday Review, Oct. 25):

A number of studies have appeared recently highlighting the unintended consequences of making “healthy” food choices—for example, buying a bunch of kale in the supermarket or ordering a salad side at a restaurant—and then rewarding one’s self with “unhealthy” food choices. So what is the message? Shifting one’s buying and ordering pattern to healthier options is deleterious to our health.

In long-term studies, the overwhelming evidence indicates that people who report dietary patterns higher in fruits and vegetables, presumably classified as “healthy” food choices, have better health outcomes vis-à-vis heart disease and cancer. What is causing the discrepancy? Probably differences in short-term versus long-term behaviors.

It would be unfortunate if the bottom line were interpreted to mean that ordering a salad makes us choose a triple burger with bacon and cheese. Maybe a few forays into “less healthy” food options will satiate one’s appetite and in the long term improve dietary patterns.

ALICE H. LICHTENSTEIN

Boston

The writer is a professor of nutrition science and policy at Tufts University.

In Through the Out Door (1979). 4:06. Oh. My. God.

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