Editorial Correspondence — December 15, 2024
Gavin ‘nuisance’
The recent editorial from The Post highlighting California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s commitment to outdated, ineffective strategies touted by the left is absolutely accurate (“Newsom Doubles Down,” Dec. 5).
This can essentially be summarized by the notion that “poor ideas are leading the Democrats towards electoral irrelevance.”
We’ve already witnessed how countless lawsuits against President-elect Donald Trump have impeded the Democrats.
If they’re in search of ideas for the 2028 campaign, I would politely advise them to continue labeling men without college degrees as “deplorable” and “garbage,” since that strategy evidently achieved great results in two of the past three elections.
Warren Nitti,
Edgewater, NJ
Fifth Ave plans
The suggested project to enhance pedestrian access on Fifth Avenue represents a significant waste of resources and effort (“A b’day bash for ‘200’ Fifth Avenue,” Dec. 9).
The city has an abundance of pressing priorities that outmatch this proposal.
A straightforward, cost-free improvement would involve clearing all food trucks from the area.
This should also extend to eliminating all intrusive LED and zipper signage that disrupts the shopping experience for visitors.
The same goes for the glaringly bright LED signage on taxi cabs.
Next, we ought to remove any additional obstructions from our sidewalks: kiosks, bike racks, “newsstands,” and so on.
I wonder how many of these pedestrian obstacles are in violation of federal ADA guidelines.
Thomas Birnbaum,
Manhattan
Old anxieties
John Mac Ghlionn either does not engage in video games seriously or he’s unfamiliar with their history (“Move over schools, DEI is taking over the world of video games,” PostScript, Dec. 7).
Otherwise, he wouldn’t have claimed that a new DEI movement is “thriving” in video games and might impact young players.
Millennial and Gen X gamers have encountered transgender representation as early as Super Mario Bros. 2 and Final Fight — particularly in the role of antagonists.
And no one has suggested that repeatedly defeating characters like “Birdo” and “Poison” caused anti-trans sentiment.
Jorge Sierra, The Bronx
Canada, USA?
Canada is not the 51st state of the United States (“Trump: You’re a Tru Canada ‘gov,’ ” Dec. 11).
But sometimes Canadians hear that. Remember when Trump expressed interest in purchasing Greenland?
I have no doubt he might voice similar thoughts about Canada at some point.
Canada and the United States are connected, however you choose to view it.
In some locations along the border, you can literally have one foot in the USA and the other in Canada.
However, Canada has been a sovereign nation since 1876 and will remain so, regardless of tariff increases.
Anant Nagpur,
Ottawa, Canada
Kurds out of luck?
President Biden will probably remain inactive regarding Turkish and Islamist militia assaults on our Syrian Kurdish allies (“US Better Rein on Turkey’s Erdogan,” Editorial, Dec. 11).
I don’t foresee that the secular, pro-American Kurds will have a better fate under President-elect Donald Trump, who seems to favor autocratic leaders like Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Vladimir Putin.
I doubt the Trump administration will take action or issue any warnings to Erdogan, who is gradually transforming Turkey from a secular state into a Sunni version of Iran.
Dennis Middlebrooks,
Brooklyn
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