The change we seek requires collective effort

New Rochelle, N.Y.: We seem to have difficulty defining or describing who we are or what we represent as a constitutional republic. It seems to me that Congress fears that an invasion of the Capitol Building isn’t just a memory, and voters are just a voice in the past who learned a hard lesson.

I’m a typical senior citizen of this republic who fondly remembers how things ought to be, when Congress counted and would actively seek ways to ensure that its electorate’s voices were heard. I can almost hear the voice of Abraham Lincoln when the preservation of the Union and the resultant freedom of great Americans-to-be made him our greatest leader.

What about today? Perhaps the air we breathe is tainted with an atmosphere weary from a lack of sustenance, or we’ve abandoned our holy duty to replenish the Earth and atmosphere. Yet, two valuable American leaders, Chief Justice John Roberts and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, have seen the issues we face and have held on, and there’s little chance of sending either to a Central American prison or Florida swamp campsite. The rest is up to the vox populi. Be an American citizen in thought and word, and most importantly, with heart, soul and spirit. The late Pope Francis advised us not to judge, so let’s change what we can and prepare our young people to honor our Constitution. That could work. Warren D. Gross

Can’t fill those shoes

Howard Beach: “If the shoe fits, wear it” is an old saying. In the case of Marco Rubio, who received shoes from President Trump that were too big, then actually wore them........

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