Nicolas Kristoff of the New York Times replies to readers. Why can’t we on Medium? It would help us — and Medium — Imagine being a retailer with curious strangers looking in the windows. The brave who enter deserve our special attention because they may buy something. Simple politeness is essential. But our engagement can make a sale, make a sale beyond the initial intention, and return the customer for future purchases. It’s…

He provided all the brushwork for CNN’s picture — someone unfit for the presidency and dangerous — It was a messy masterpiece yet to be appreciated by most critics. Many commentators have chastised CNN for failing to fast fact-check, for crassly boosting ratings to make money, and, most of all, for giving Donald Trump a platform to spew. …

The enablers are poised to return him to the White House: America can do better — “NOTHING” differently was President Biden’s response when asked about the final half of his current term. Joe’s answer was telling, if not alarming. Improvements to policies, strategies and new ideas were not in the offering — or Joe’s mind. And never mind that the world constantly changes. Events occur, developments…

Was UKRAINE a casualty? — Keep your friends close and your enemies closer — Sun Tzu, The Art of War Had President Joe Biden been in Beijing holding hands with Xi Jinping and admiring his Olympics, favor to Putin may not have been given. And possibly the assault on Ukraine would have been avoided or…

Putin can be offered a yacht and secure retirement — Presidential musings on “what to do” on vital world issues can be unhelpful and even dangerous when done in public (Biden’s speech at a New York fundraiser on October 6, 2022). Joe Biden’s talk of “off-ramps” and “saving of face” only gives Putin life to further destroy Ukraine and inflict…

But we have spent centuries eliminating jobs — to our benefit — As a skinny girl in 1930s Germany, my mother was obliged to participate in one of the week's most important events — laundry day. Beds were stripped, table linens collected, and along with everyone’s knickers, all were organized for soaking, bleaching, boiling, beating, squeezing, and hanging out to dry. Fires…

A decision NOW will benefit you, Democrats, and America — Great leaders are often reluctant to step aside. They become fixed on the idea that only they can finish what they began. History is chock-a-block with such folk — FDR, Winston Churchill, two Queens Elizabeth, Muhammad Ali, Rudolf Nureyev, and the list continues. Few would hold it against Joe should…

Not the best way to get a Black woman on the Supreme Court — There is a wonderful British TV comedy called “Yes Minister” where Jim Hacker (played by the late Paul Eddington) comes to the rescue of the British sausage. It’s under attack from those garlic-ridden countries on the Continent. His idea is to display prime ministership before ascending to the position. Have…

But not in the way many of us believe — The response by some 1500 people was as significant as Shikha Dalmia’s very significant article “Who Has the Cure for America’s Declining Birthrate? Canada” in the New York Times, August 18, 2021. She put forward the notion that the U.S. could benefit from Canada’s model on immigration. …