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

Christopher Columbus’s spirit of determination & adventure has provided inspiration to generations of Americans. On #ColumbusDay, we honor his remarkable accomplishments as a navigator, & celebrate his voyage into the unknown expanse of the Atlantic Ocean. https://t.co/Mg3dxRfPuN

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 8, 2018

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This image (click to enlarge) is from Harper's Weekly, 29 June 1867. The man pointing is believed to be Will Comstock.

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Why is it "heavenly" and "hellish" rather than "heavenish" and "helly"?

To the editor:

Investigative journalist David Cay Johnston’s op-ed article, “Following Trump’s money exposes the awful truth: Our president is a ‘financial vampire,’” nicely brought together the disparate fraudulent business practices of our president. The common theme is he’s crooked, of course. As an attorney, I dealt with people who just couldn’t do something honestly even if it was in their best interest to do so. Fraud is just what they do.

I’m likely more conservative than Johnston. As a former Republican voter turned independent, I think I understand Trump voters well and why many don’t care about the president’s glaring faults and obvious unsuitability for the office. Liberals have ignored much of middle-class white America. Trump panders to these people, and to pander to people, you have to at least pay attention to them.

Trump’s voters feel they have a choice between politicians who ignore or even resent them, or a pandering crook who pays attention to them. At least he’s our crook, they might say, so they vote for Trump—and yes, they would still do so if he shot someone in the middle of Fifth Avenue.

If Trump’s opponents want to use the president’s fraud to remove him from office, they should at the same time indicate concern for his voters and the issues they care about.

Kurt Osenbaugh, Pasadena

Note from KBJ: He's not our crook, Kurt. He's our savior. He's saving us from people like you.

You don’t hand matches to an arsonist, and you don’t give power to an angry left-wing mob. Democrats have become too EXTREME and TOO DANGEROUS to govern. Republicans believe in the rule of law – not the rule of the mob. VOTE REPUBLICAN!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 7, 2018

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