Respect the USA

Kudos to Bob Chavez, a Vietnam veteran who slapped a young man at a Chicago Cubs game for not standing for the national anthem (“Say can you stand,” July 22).

The slap should have come from this young man’s parents. Our national anthem is a sign of respect, which should be taught at home. Thankfully this dispute was settled amicably, without knives or guns, and this young man learned something.

Maria Musolino

Staten Island

Lefty propaganda

I was surprised to read the obvious MAGA hit-job article by Niall Ferguson and John-Clark Levin (“The algorithms of antisemitism,” July 23).

They blamed only conservatives and far-right extremists for the current trend of rising antisemitism in this country. There was not a single mention of the charges of Palestinian genocide and war crimes against Israel by progressives and socialists or the general abandonment of support for Jews by mainstream Democratic leaders. What a one-sided piece of lefty propaganda.

Anthony Scro

Whitestone

Why split schools?

Part of the problem of New York City’s public-school spending lies with the Bloomberg administration’s “co-location” policies (“Addition & subtraction,” July 20).

Mayor Bloomberg thought it would be beneficial to break up large schools, believing that students would get more individual attention and academic achievement would increase.

As a school nurse, I worked at two co-location sites. Classrooms had to be converted to offices and there was a net loss of valuable extracurriculars since no one small school could offer what the larger schools did. And academic achievement did not improve.

It’s time to reconsolidate: one school in one building. The savings and benefits to students would be enormous.

Ilene Heller

Manhattan

Lock perps down

New York’s parole system is a sick joke and repeat-offender Zaki Smith is glaring proof (“Fiendish Subway ‘pusher’ on parole,” July 22).

This punk, who has 14 prior arrests, pushed a 70-year-old woman onto the subway tracks. The idiots in Albany who passed the no-bail laws should be fired for incompetence.

Gary Acerra

Staten Island

End the outbreak

City Council Speaker Julie Menin’s piece about the Legionnaire’s outbreak on the Upper East Side is comforting but alarming (“Zo’s Outbreak Bungle,” PostOpinion, July 22).

History shows us that public trust in politicians is an important weapon against epidemic diseases. The appalling news about insufficient professional staffing and the administration’s seeming indifference is worrisome.

Mayor Mamdani, our once-vigilant public-health system must not be allowed to sleep in the face of ongoing challenges by harmful, infectious organisms in our daily world.

Robert April, Manhattan

Fetterman is right

Although I have major issues with Sen. John Fetterman voting with Republicans during the government shutdown, I have to agree with him on Mayor Mamdani (“Zo gets slammed for Bibi bust bid,” July 20).

If Mamdani wants to set Middle Eastern policy, he should move to one of those nations that execute critics of the government, whip women who don’t dress modestly or allow men to control their wives.

Edward Drossman

Manhattan

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