Praise for Boy George and more: Letters to the Editor — Aug. 16, 2026

A real mensch

Kudos to Boy George, whom Andrea Peyser rightly praised for his haunting song, “We Will Dance Again,” memorializing the Oct. 7 Nova Music Festival victims (“Mensches,” PostOpinion, Aug. 10).

Also to John Ondrasik, for his “Superman” rewrite honoring Hamas’ hostages, and Sen. John Fetterman, now a lone Democratic Party tribune. However canceled and shunned, they will be honored again, once the current, irrational antisemitic fever finally breaks.

Richard Wilkins

Syracuse

AOC’s famous eggs

If “all publicity is good publicity,” New York’s media creation Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leads the way (“AOC’s a bit ova the top,” Aug. 10).

Instead of a two-page spread in the paper, perhaps the media should dedicate a sentence or two to her legislative accomplishments, aside from chasing Amazon’s 20,000 jobs to other states. One wonders if AOC’s frozen eggs are the DSA’s edition of “The Boys From Brazil.”

Joe Alloy

Yulee, Fla.

Protect our kids

Rep. Mike Lawler’s heart-tugging story of Jessica Gorman, whose daughter Sheridan was the victim of someone who didn’t belong in the country, was food for thought (“Protect Killers?,” PostOpinion, Aug. 11).

When Gorman pleaded with Gov. Hochul to change her absurd law that prohibits local police from cooperating with ICE, she was turned away.

Gorman may have been dismissed by the governor, but now is the time for her to take her story to the people, and come November, every parent can protect their children by voting Hochul out.

Nicholas Maffei

Yonkers

Hard workers

With over 150,000 Haitian immigrants living, working and contributing to the benefit of all in New York City, racist-in-chief President Trump says they must now pack up and leave (“Zo can’t aid axed Haitians,” Aug. 11).

If Trump and his MAGA base are still dumb enough to believe that Haitians actually eat cats and dogs, the wrong people are being deported.

Bob Canning

Petaluma, Calif.

Work harder, Prez

President Trump needs to change his messaging with respect to the impact of the Iran hostilities on the American public (“Tehran is losing grip on Hormuz,” Aug. 13).

Iran is thousands of miles away and we don’t see anything in the news except Trump and Tehran trading insults daily. What we do see is sticker shock at the gas station.

Trump needs to work harder to get gas prices down and communicate his efforts to us. Telling us how good the economy is and that the stock market is great won’t be enough to sway voters come November.

Larry Hootnick

Watermill

Reparations Q&A

I find it ironic that almost all of the states considering reparations for slavery are blue states (“Reparation Complication,” Howard Husock, Postscript, Aug. 9).

Meanwhile, none of the deep-red former slave states of the Antebellum South, which held millions in bondage, are considering reparations for slavery or for the mistreatment of African-Americans in the Jim Crow era.

And how many African-Americans can truly trace their family tree back to slaves held in New York state 200 or more years ago? Should anyone be entitled to reparations even if they don’t reside in New York?

Dennis Middlebrooks

Brooklyn

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