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

I would like to take issue with one sentence in the article “‘Smorgasbord of fraudulent conduct’: Cohen gets 3 years” [Dec. 13, A1].

It begins, “The sentencing in federal court in Manhattan capped a startling fall for Cohen . . .” My feeling is, on the contrary, this in no way represents a fall. He has lost his job, and he will be going to prison, but he has not fallen. He has left the bottomless pit of corruption that is the world of President Donald Trump, and he has risen to a place of honesty where he admits mistakes and embraces responsibility and a new way of life.

He has won my respect.

Tom Likai, Shoreline

Mexico is paying (indirectly) for the Wall through the new USMCA, the replacement for NAFTA! Far more money coming to the U.S. Because of the tremendous dangers at the Border, including large scale criminal and drug inflow, the United States Military will build the Wall!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 19, 2018

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Live on the Double Planet (1987).

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Here is my student handout on ethical terminology. You're welcome.

A reasonable person is one who is open to evidence and persuasion by argument, and not mentally ill or unintelligent. A reasonable person makes decisions on the basis of all relevant readily obtainable information. Moreover, he can be persuaded by arguments pro and con. While not every psychological abnormality, e.g., a mild neurosis, prevents a person from being reasonable, severe abnormalities involving reality distortion do. Finally, a reasonable person is intelligent in the sense of being able to understand principles and the types of legislation for which they provide reasons in various circumstances. Of course, it is assumed that the reader is a reasonable person.

(Michael D. Bayles, "Legislating Morality," Wayne Law Review 22 [March 1976]: 759-80, at 762 n. 14)

During his presidential campaign, Donald Trump promised to surround himself with only the best and brightest people. His latest choice for United Nations ambassador is inexplicable. Heather Nauert is the latest to join Mr. Trump’s “Fox News and Friends” cabinet.

Ms. Nauert is so bright she thought that the U.S. and Germany were allies during WWII. Who would have thought that a degree from the Columbia journalism program would be a prerequisite for a political career.

Joe Lucas

South Side

Michael Isikoff was the first to report Dossier allegations and now seriously doubts the Dossier claims. The whole Russian Collusion thing was a HOAX, but who is going to restore the good name of so many people whose reputations have been destroyed?

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 18, 2018

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