To the Editor:
Re “Warnock Victory Palms Democrats 51st Seat in Senate” (entrance web page, Dec. 7):
Though I’m relieved that Senator Raphael Warnock prevailed within the Georgia runoff, I’m completely disgusted that this election was so shut.
We now have misplaced our approach as a rustic when we don’t see that political management takes talent; information of the regulation, the Structure and historical past; the power to barter and cooperate; and a worldview that’s bigger than your individual.
I’d not be in any respect certified to play skilled soccer, and it was clear from the beginning that Herschel Walker didn’t have the information or talent to be a U.S. senator.
Daybreak Menken
Portland, Ore.
The author is the writer of “Facilitating a Extra Good Union: A Information for Politicians and Leaders.”
To the Editor:
I’ve new respect for Herschel Walker: He gave a concession speech. He declared that he misplaced. He known as on his supporters to respect their elected officers and to imagine in America. He mentioned he had no excuses for his loss as a result of he put up a superb struggle. This in all probability displays each who he’s and his soccer heritage — you win but additionally lose video games truthful and sq..
He could have helped us again to the previous pre-Trump norms. We could disagree along with his views and abhor scandals, however an important factor is that he believes in democracy. Let’s hope Donald Trump watched that concession speech.
When Mr. Walker mentioned, “I need you to imagine in America and proceed to imagine within the Structure and imagine in our elected officers most of all,” it may very well be the largest takeaway of the election.
James Adler
Cambridge, Mass.
To the Editor:
Raphael Warnock was extraordinarily fortunate to win the Senate race in Georgia — fortunate as a result of he confronted an opponent stricken by ignorance, myriad character flaws and an endorsement by Donald Trump. Nearly actually, a average Republican, Black or white, might have defeated Mr. Warnock, maybe by a margin as giant because the seven-plus share factors that Brian Kemp scored over Stacey Abrams for the Georgia governorship simply 4 weeks earlier.
I’m very glad about Mr. Warnock’s win, but it surely shouldn’t be interpreted as signaling a serious shift within the political panorama of Georgia.
Peter S. Allen
Windfall, R.I.
To the Editor:
Each time the Republicans lose an election — most not too long ago Tuesday in Georgia — the Instances protection predicts that the celebration will have interaction in “soul-searching,” suggesting that the G.O.P. has a need to vary course. But, many times, the celebration persists in its pandering to far-right, anti-democratic forces of white nationalism and heteropatriarchy.
The G.O.P. has made its soul abundantly clear. Maybe some Republican voters have accomplished their very own soul-searching and determined to reject what their celebration has turn out to be.
Pamela J. Griffith
Brooklyn
To the Editor:
As a liberal Democrat I’m very happy with the outcomes of the Georgia runoff and many of the remainder of the 2022 U.S. Senate leads to aggressive races. How will we ensure that Donald Trump continues to affect the selection of Republican candidates for Senate in 2024?
Michael G. Raiten
Boynton Seashore, Fla.
Trump’s Very Dangerous Day
Invoice Mutterperl
Beverly Hills, Calif.
The Crypto Phantasm
To the Editor:
Re “‘It Simply Angers Me.’ Crypto Disaster Drains Small Traders’ Financial savings” (entrance web page, Dec. 6):
Is it too early, or far too late, to recommend that “if it sounds too good to be true, it in all probability is” in relation to the FTX and BlockFi difficulties? Ought to this concern be prolonged to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies generally?
There was a time when folks earned the cash of their wallets from the sweat on their forehead reasonably than from a pc program most individuals can’t perceive that creates imaginary cash to be saved in wallets that appear straightforward to rob or lose. It’s, nonetheless, unhappy to learn of people that have misplaced a lot in such a short while.
As a trainer, I wasn’t that effectively paid, and so I saved as a lot as I might to purchase a home and set myself up for retirement by smart, boring approaches. However the positive factors to be constituted of Bitcoin are in its questionable makes use of or in realizing the rise in its worth earlier than it drops. For me it appears to haven’t any precise worth or use, and I doubt that I’m the one one who thinks that.
It’s time for me to overlook the world of imaginary laptop income and return to a boring life on my unicorn farm.
Dennis Fitzgerald
Melbourne, Australia
Encourage Breastfeeding
To the Editor:
Re “What It Actually Takes to Breastfeed a Child” (information article, Dec. 6):
As a pediatrician who spends many hours with new moms and their infants discussing the challenges and difficulties that include breastfeeding, I felt that this text was not as constructive because it ought to have been. It targeted on following moms who had been having a tough time maintaining their breastfeeding.
As of late, any literature or information associated to breastfeeding ought to solely be encouraging new moms to breastfeed, not scaring them away from doing it and making it sound so laborious whereas working and elevating different kids.
In my follow, I share my very own private experiences of breastfeeding my three kids, every for a yr, whereas working in a busy pediatrics workplace. My tales are helpful and efficient in making the breastfeeding expertise achievable to the brand new mothers I meet.
We have to reverse the regular decline of breastfeeding moms on this nation.
Naomi Jackman
Port Washington, N.Y.
Meals Shopping for That Displays Our Values
To the Editor:
Re “Assist Black Farmers This Vacation Season,” by Tressie McMillan Cottom (column, Nov. 30):
New York State’s meals procurement legal guidelines are an extension of the disenfranchisement of Black farmers. Provisions require that municipalities contract with farmers who promote their produce on the “lowest” price. This typically comes on the expense of small, hyperlocal farmers and bars them from coming into negotiations for public contracts — which means that alternatives to assist traditionally marginalized meals producers are presently restricted in New York.
The Good Meals New York invoice would democratize native meals buying choices by permitting municipalities to provoke round racial fairness, animal welfare, environmental sustainability, vitamin, native economies and employees’ rights — and contract with producers that uphold these values.
It’s extra crucial than ever to rectify the wrongs of this nation’s previous and put together for a future the place the energy of our meals methods and provide chains shall be examined by the implications of local weather change. New York State legislators, we’re relying on you to make the suitable choice for our meals futures.
Ribka Getachew
Taylor Pate
New York
The writers are, respectively, director and marketing campaign supervisor of the NY Good Meals Buying Program Marketing campaign for Neighborhood Meals Advocates.
Supply: NY Times