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

Here is Kurt Schlichter's latest column.

Growing up, my five siblings and I would bristle each time our father pronounced that he did not care if we loved him, only that we respected him. Susan Fiorello writes that our current president deserves our respect based solely on his elected status.

One example only is needed to convey why respect will never be allowed the man who currently inhabits the White House. As someone who has dedicated her personal and professional life caring for those with significant challenges, the possibility of regard vanished the day Donald Trump publicly mocked a reporter who had a disability.

While many who voted for him may indeed love him, respect is a quality harder to justify.

Judith T. Heerlein

Georgetown

Note from KBJ: Rest assured, Judith, that those of us who love Donald Trump also respect him.

So last year 37,000 Americans died from the common Flu. It averages between 27,000 and 70,000 per year. Nothing is shut down, life & the economy go on. At this moment there are 546 confirmed cases of CoronaVirus, with 22 deaths. Think about that!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 9, 2020

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Here is Roger Simon's latest column.

I am a 70-year-old American who is horrified by the obvious efforts of Donald Trump to undermine our constitutional system of government in order to establish his own family-centered autocracy. I have never been a partisan Democrat, but in the last few years I have increasingly thought of that party as the best hope for avoiding this looming national disaster. So to me, U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer’s comments inciting violence against two sitting Supreme Court justices are horribly counterproductive. They suggest that the Democrats are giving up the fight for constitutional government and are ready to resort to the same strong-arm thuggery that has been only a thinly veiled threat in several of Trump’s remarks over the four years we have come to know him as a force in our national politics.

Some statements cannot be effectively “walked back.” If Schumer is as concerned as I am about the need to succeed in the ongoing confrontation with Trumpism, he should demonstrate that by resigning his post as Senate minority leader.

— George J. Barry, Frankfort

Note from KBJ: President Trump is making America great again, George. I'm surprised that bothers you.

The New York Times is an embarrassment to journalism. They were a dead paper before I went into politics, and they will be a dead paper after I leave, which will be in 5 years. Fake News is the Enemy of the people!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 8, 2020

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