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

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Charles R. Kesler is the editor of the Claremont Review of Books, to which I have a print subscription. Here is his latest editorial opinion.

To the Editor:

Re “Special Needs, Hard Decisions,” by Mark Lawrence Schrad (Op-Ed, Sept. 4):

I laud Mr. Schrad for his willingness to share his and his wife’s experience of continuing a pregnancy involving a baby with Down syndrome. But as a physician specializing in women’s health, I disagree with the premise of the article.

Abortion need not be justified to anyone at any time, nor does a decision to continue a pregnancy require justification. Women and couples know what is right for them, just as Mr. Schrad’s experience shows.

SHARON PHILLIPS

Brighton, Mass.

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Seven-Inning Felix (17-8) pitched another good game, beating my Texas Rangers this afternoon, 5-0. He went eight innings, throwing 109 pitches. Felix is on track to win 18.9 games this season.

Like I said the other day, Oprah Winfrey has her own television network, and so does Donald Trump.

To the Editor:

In “The Narcissist in Chief” (Sunday Review, Sept. 6), Scott O. Lilienfeld and Ashley L. Watts are correct in briefly bringing charisma into the discussion of narcissistic leaders, but “charisma” (which, in Greek, means “a divine gift”) is the more lethal ingredient. A charismatic leader exercises power through the force of his personality; he ultimately so enraptures his followers with his “charisma” that they give up their rational and critical faculties.

The political scientist James MacGregor Burns noted: “At best, charisma is a confusing and undemocratic form of leadership. At worst, it is a type of tyranny.”

A democratic society should be governed by leaders who seek to help and empower their followers, not make them subservient to their own psychological hungers.

The extreme cautionary model is Adolf Hitler, whose officers and soldiers swore allegiance not to their nation or constitution but only to him.

SUSAN DUNN

Williamstown, Mass.

The writer teaches leadership studies at Williams College and is the author of “1940: F.D.R., Willkie, Lindbergh, Hitler—The Election Amid the Storm.”

Note from KBJ: Hitler? We need look no further than Barack Obama, the Messiah.

Read this. What do Al Gore, Elizabeth Warren, John Kerry, and Joe Biden have in common? They're fake! Gore is a hypocrite; Warren has been pretending to be a Native American; Kerry lied about his Vietnam service; and Biden is a plagiarist. Hillary Clinton, the presumptive Democrat nominee, is a pathological liar, like her philandering husband. What is it with Democrats? Do they have no honor?

You could prosper in the field of entertainment.