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

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Here are the latest rankings. Looks like another Alabama-Clemson title game: the third in four years.

Thank you to House Speaker Paul Ryan for saying that the emperor has no clothes [“President lambastes Ryan over birthright criticism,” Nov. 1, A1].

There has been a deafening silence when the president gives his base whatever he thinks will garner votes. We have been waiting for someone in his party to point out that our commander in chief is making up scenarios calculated to sow fear and anger.

After John McCain died, I was beginning to think we had lost every voice in Congress who will stand up for the truth.

Joan Singler, Seattle

On my way to Macon, Georgia where the crowds are massive, for a 4pmE #MAGARally. Will be in Chattanooga, Tennessee tonight, seen below, for a 7pmE rally. Something’s happening! Everyone needs to get out and VOTE! pic.twitter.com/xBXepwpug9

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 4, 2018

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Patience is your ally at the moment. Don't worry!

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After World War II, the German pastor Martin Niemoller wrote a poem to reflect how Germany descended into darkness during the 1930s. One version begins, “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out,” and ends with “Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.”

Instead of protecting and defending the Constitution of the United States, which he swore to do, Donald Trump is attacking our Constitution one amendment at a time. First he came for the First Amendment by attacking the press, and Republicans did not speak out. Then he came for the 14th Amendment, with the goal of ending birthright citizenship, and Republicans will not speak out for long. Which amendment will be next—the 22d, setting term limits?

We must blunt Trump’s attacks on our Constitution, by voting Tuesday for Democratic representatives and senators who will defend it. Should we fail to do so, then a future poet may write a poem about how America lost its Constitution one amendment at a time until none were left.

Robert Banta

Andover

Fresh Raspberries (1972).