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Ozempic chic
When each superstar — and each non-celebrity — who can get their arms on a GLP-1 runs to take action, is it a stretch to watch that the so-called “body positivity” motion was a fraud (“Narrow minded,” Allison Lax, Dec. 3)?
From the place I sit, the entire spectacle seems to be like nothing more than a remodeling of the “heroin chic” mania that gripped celebrities and filtered into society-at-large years in the past.
The empowerment of ladies in our society is an phantasm if we stay enslaved by capricious magnificence requirements.
Michelle Graham
Lynbrook
Trump is simply effective
The New York Times and different media shops have graciously given us all the data we need to know regarding President Trump’s bodily and mental health (“WH: Don is fine, Times!” Dec. 2).
Why do I think that their medical specialists and different pundits attended the world’s largest college, Google Medical School?
Andrew Zablow
Parsippany, NJ
‘Un-Cuomo’ NYC
Changing the title of the Mario Cuomo Bridge has had little impression on New Yorkers who nonetheless call it the Tappan Zee (“Don’t ‘Un-Cuomo’ Just the Bridge,” Editorial, Dec. 4).
What does have a lasting impact on the residents of New York is Andrew’s sanctuary coverage that forestalls native law enforcement from aiding federal authorities in any method.
The latest violence in opposition to Immigration and Customs Enforcement brokers in Lower Manhattan is a everlasting stain on the disgraced governor’s legacy. With no motion taken by Gov. Hochul and US Attorney General Pam Bondi, these uprisings will solely worsen.
Nicholas Maffei
Yonkers
Gavin let Cali burn
This wildfire program is only one of many insurance policies and selections that showcase the ineptitude that Calif. Gov. Gavin Newsom and his administration have proven by way of his tenure (“Smoking Gun,” Joel Pollack, PostOpinion, Dec. 1).
Now we see that, regardless of empty guarantees, most of the victims of the wildfires proceed to combat bureaucratic quagmire and solely a few have even began rebuilding.
Is this actually the man you even need to take into account as your subsequent president?
Amy Hendel
Tarzana, Calif.
Help our college students
It’s no shocker that 63% of voters imagine that a faculty degree isn’t value it, particularly since many college students graduate with giant quantities of debt and no particular job abilities (“Colleges’ Collapsing Value,” Editorial, Dec. 1).
The value of schooling is out of control and many faculty curricula don’t match as we speak’s job-market wants, not to mention put together college students for the longer term.
Many politicians love to make use of European nations as shining examples of good schooling systems, however they’re ignoring different approaches.
We need to focus more on the scholars, and give them a probability for fulfillment as a substitute of defending the educators and the schooling industry.
Brice Russell
Naples, Fla.
Draconian gun law
Why have the town’s draconian gun legal guidelines made it not possible for Charles Foehner to remain out of jail for defending himself (“Clemency plea,” Paul du Quenoy, PostScript, Nov. 30)?
In Texas, anybody can overtly carry a firearm with out having a allow. Foehner would’ve been a free man with out setting foot in a courtroom.
Roberto Lopez
McAllen, Texas
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