Thriving kids

Kudos for Kirsten Fleming’s excellent piece (“Kids with Down’s vanishing,” June 9).

Back in the ’60s my friend’s mother gave birth to a child with Down Syndrome. The doctor immediately told her that he’d “take care of the baby.” She declined. That baby, Grace, recently turned 60. She’s been gainfully employed by a non-profit organization and is loved by hundreds. Imperfect? Maybe. But perhaps more perfect than the rest of us.

Scott Ventrella

Ridgefield, Conn.

Pope Leo, lefty

It seems as if Pope Leo is far more interested in advocating for far-left causes, such as welcoming illegal immigrants and obsessing about climate change, than proclaiming the salvation through Jesus Christ (“Pope Leo’s Dubious Migrant Misstep,” Daniel McCarthy, PostOpinion, June 9).

I think that the Chicago native would have been more comfortable staying at home and running for mayor or governor on a far-left platform than pretending to be the Vicar of Christ.

Dennis Ricupero

Port Chester

Troubled teens

Karmelo Anthony was found guilty of murdering a fellow teen and sadly, stories like this are reported all across the country (“Karmelo guilty in teen slay,” June 10).

Reporters should investigate how these youth are raised. People are born and then created by their environment. The more we investigate how these individuals are created, the more interest there will be in making change in the environments that created them.

Harry Winkler

West Palm Beach, Fla.

DSA’s dangers

Stu Smith’s column on the Democratic Socialists of America was informative and frightening (“Down a radical ‘rabbit’ hole,” June 10).

To think America has a completely subversive group openly operating to destroy us from within is very troubling. The DSA is slowly becoming an accepted political party. We are electing people without understanding the sinister motives they are harboring and the un-American ideas they speak.

Kenneth Lebeck

Plainview

Retire the horses

The death of yet another New York City carriage horse serves as a tragic reminder that the time has come to retire these majestic animals from our city streets (“Carriage horse dies in Cent. Pk.,” June 10).

There was a time when many people couldn’t imagine a world without elephants in circuses. Yet the removal of elephants from the Ringling circus eventually occurred — and most would agree it was long overdue. The same principle applies today to New York City’s carriage-horse industry.

It’s time to retire these horses with dignity and help carriage drivers and owners transition to more humane and sustainable ways of making a living.

John Hynes

Gilbert, Ariz.

NFL nonsense

There are many things going on in this country that deserve our representatives’ attention — the NFL should be at the back of the line (“Blitzing screen,” Business, June 11).

When we voted for change, we did not mean the channel. The DC swamp is getting deeper. Fraud, inflation, crime, war and illegal immigration should be Congress’ main concern. Not wasting the people’s money on the NFL’s streaming revenues, something the Federal Communications Commission should handle.

Philip Vallone

Ossining

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