The American Spectator

Senator Casey has not acknowledged a thing. Not a dot!

It is crystal clear from this, his general demeanor, and his supercilious manner on television, that Senator Casey considers his position a divinely-ordained sinecure, and that, with his father’s respected name to ensure re-election, he doesn’t have to listen to the un-anointed — yea, unwashed — hoi polloi.

His comeuppance will come.

Senator Specter’s is apparently imminent.

Let’s hope they both get theirs before they and their progressive mates do any further damage.
— A. C. Santore

Great, just great. Jeffrey Lord wants us to take policy advice from a doctor that would transform the Center for Spirituality and Health at Duke University into the Department of Spirituality and Health at HHS. We can lower our health costs if only we can get enough Buddhists to pray for us before we go into the hospital. Lord describes this as “a radioactive finding if you’re a liberal lobbyist”. I would imagine this is a radioactive finding to a rational person of any political persuasion.
— Glen Hoffing
Shamong, New Jersey

CONJECTURES WITHOUT PROOF
Re: Eric Peters’ The Taser’s Edge:

As a retired Pittsburgh Police Sergeant and current L.E. instructor, I’m curious to understand what motivates this obviously misinformed writer. He makes all sorts of conjectures without showing any proof or statistics.

Today’s police officers are better educated and better trained than ever before. Each candidate is prescreened by overlapping levels of psychological testing.

Police officers have rules of engagement just as the military. There are levels of force that graduate from verbal to deadly force. These are firmly established and if not used a police officer is subject to departmental charges as well as charges in criminal court. ( I am curious does this writer think that police officers are exempt from prosecution)?

Actually I am glad to say a career in law enforcement is attractive to many nice young educated men and women. They see it as a chance to be altruistic and, yes, they care about the safety of others. They also see it as a career that offers a decent living and a secure retirement.

As in any profession, there will always be the occasional lout that needs to be weeded out but to denigrate an entire profession is just stupidity.

Thank you for the opportunity to respond.
— D. Trautman

INSUFFERABLE ALLIES
Re: Doug Bandow’s Letting Go:

Let South Koreans defend themselves.