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I do not think Gov. Ron DeSantis needs the Sun Sentinel’s help, and certainly not his concern, over finding another job (DeSantis will need a job. Let’s find him one, Column, Steve Bousquet, May 17).
His column sounds more like jealousy.
DeSantis holds the distinction of having graduated from Yale, obtained a law degree at Harvard, and was awarded the Bronze Star medal and other honors as a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy.
He was elected three times to Congress before further sacrificing his obvious financial opportunities by becoming governor of Florida. His salary is a measly $141,000 a year.
He’ll do just fine.
— G. Thomas Breur, Lighthouse Point
The nation’s best governor
We have the best governor in the country in Florida, whether you (columnist Steve Bousquet) like him or not.
You sound like the rest of the useless mainstream media.
— Dennis Zalupski, Fort Lauderdale
A poem to remember
When I saw the editorial of May 19, I literally gave out a loud whoop.
“Ozymandias,” the poem by Percy Bysshe Shelley, has been on my mind and lips for these last few weeks.
I was a history and civics teacher for decades and am horrified by the self-aggrandizing by Trump. I actually began teaching sixth grade in California. The literature included “Ozymandias,” and I was not very good at poetry. Thankfully, a very bright 11-year-old, Patrick Lynch (yes, I still remember his name), cogently explained the poem to the class and me.
I am certain Trump has never read Shelley’s “Ozymandias,” but even were he to do so, he would be completely unaware that he, Trump, is that sneering leader.
But he is one person. Millions more need to read that terrific poem and see that alas, Ozymandias lives again.
— Leslie B. Sklarew, Boca Raton
Now and then: Which is better?
The minimum wage in 1967 was only $2 an hour, but it bought eight gallons of gas. Today it buys a lot less. A baby cost $300 then. Now, it costs $20,000 to $30,000. Then, two movie tickets cost $1; now they cost $32.
Nearly one-third of Americans have more debt than emergency savings, according to Harper’s Index.
In the ’60s, civil and voting rights were expanded. Now, they are narrowed. Unions had a say, and now they fight to have a seat at the table.
Information used to be believable. Now we doubt institutions we once trusted: a free press, public education, public health. Our governor is skeptical of how history is taught. Science is challenged by conspiracies and lies — creating truth decay.
As in 1967, we’re engaged in a war Americans do not want.
Vietnam is united and peaceful; we are divided and at war.
— Phil Beasley, Plantation
Drivers young and old
As someone who just turned 70, I agree with Stanley Cisak’s letter to the editor that drivers over 70 need to be retested to determine whether they are impaired from driving safely due to age.
However, before that, I propose that something also be done about all the younger drivers with one hand on the steering wheel of their car and the other one holding a cellphone while driving.
That, to me, is a much more dangerous proposition.
— Osvaldo Valdes, Hollywood
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