Opinion

It started with a Black man slapping another Black man on live television at the globally televised Oscars, presumably in defense of a Black woman who was being ridiculed over her hairstyle. But to many Black people, it was about more than a slap or an insult.

To the editor: I attended the contentious March 14 Board of Education meeting which Karen Overbey and Jason Claire refer to in their letters to the editor on March 24 and March 25, respectively. Both contend that Jeffrey Howards’ perspective given in his March 19 letter to the editor is not an accurate depiction of what transpired in the meeting.

Rick Scott likes to think of himself as Gen. Ulysses S.

To the editor: A recent column by a prominent political colonel got me to thinking about the conservative mind. It appears that the modern conservative doesn’t spend much time thinking through issues.

Russia’s war on Ukraine has most Americans at least somewhat worried that the U.S. will be drawn directly into the conflict and could be targeted with nuclear weapons, with a new poll reflecting a level of anxiety that has echoes of the Cold War era.

When “CODA” won the Oscar for best picture in Los Angeles, movie stars from Samuel L. Jackson to Nicole Kidman waved their hands instead of clapping in recognition of the deaf community. At home in suburban New York, Laurie Ann Barish cried, overcome by what she said was a long overdue feeling of acceptance.