Readers sound off on Clarence Thomas, sustainable farming and Mötley Crüe

Stamford, Conn.: The revelation that Clarence Thomas has been secretly taking gifts from a billionaire political donor for decades is a chilling example of unabashed and serious judicial misconduct (“Clarence Thomas got millions in travel for free,” April 7). It is now public record that Thomas has been a habitual violator of financial disclosure rules that bind all federal judges. Thomas’s objectivity and ability to engage in legitimate jurisprudence has been irreparably and permanently compromised.

Until now, Thomas generated plenty of smoke — failing to recuse himself in a Jan. 6 congressional committee case that impacted his wife, Ginni Thomas, as an example. But this new revelation, his acceptance of millions in undisclosed gifts, is a dumpster fire. It documents that Thomas is bought and paid for by a wealthy political operative. He is a blight on the Supreme Court bench and his improprieties establish the objective truth that he is unfit to serve as Supreme Court Justice.

Every first year law student is taught that even the appearance of impropriety can serve as the predicate for attorney discipline. With Thomas, appearances are the least of his problems. No reasonable person, regardless of politics, can now refute that Thomas has been on the take for decades.

There is no recovering from this bombshell. Thomas is damaged goods. He cannot rule credibly as a justice on the weighty matters that come before the highest court in our land. He owes it to our nation to promptly resign or face swift and certain impeachment proceedings. Peter Janoff

Manhattan: Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk signed an injunction staying mifepristone’s approval based on a lawsuit challenging the safety of the drug (“1 ruling hits abort pill, 2nd backs it,” April 8). Mifepristone has been on the market since 2000 with no history of being unsafe. The CDC did a study indicating that the risk of death associated with childbirth is about 14 times higher than the risk with abortion. Perhaps the judge’s next ruling will be to ban childbirth. Jeffrey Nelson

Elizabeth, N.J.: When are the politicians going to do something about bullying? It is a big problem today and nothing is being done about it. Why aren’t politicians, the news media, athletes and Hollywood talking about it? You hardly hear anything about it. Pat Foster

Bronx: I said it before and it was not printed in the paper, so I will say it again: The problem with all these killings, shootings and muggings by teens is because of one major problem, which is piss-poor parenting. If all you parents would take much more interest in what your kids are doing and who they are hanging out with, we would have less of a problem. Jimmy Durda

Brooklyn: Does someone want to explain how a person convicted of murder and had 17 prior arrests is allowed to walk the streets? These are the numbers for Phillip Meyers, the suspect in the killing of 55-year-old John Sarquiz (“Killer puncher identified,” April 7). How many times does history have to repeat itself before lawmakers do the right thing? Our elected officials are supposed to protect those who elect them into office. Instead, day in and day out, we keep hearing of stories like Sarquiz. When are we going to say enough is enough and throw away the keys once a person is behind bars for murder? John De Angelo

Spotswood, N.J.: Re (“ ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper Coolio’s cause of death revealed to be fentanyl overdose,” April 6): What a shock! So many rappers and entertainers die from drugs, yet the Hollywood community continues to promote drug use in their songs and movies. Insane. Tom Scott

Lyons, N.Y.: With Earth Day near, sustainability is top-of-mind with consumers, and beef farmers are no different. I am proud of the high-quality beef I produce, but I can’t do that without caring for the land. At our farm, there are many areas not suitable for crop production, and we use those areas to graze cattle. We implement best practices to increase the sustainability of our farm and management of the land for the future. These practices include strip-cropping, grazing practices, water management, planting cover crops and carbon sequestration. This stewardship is especially important to the quality of the water on our farm, which eventually makes its way into Lake Ontario. This type of ingenuity and resourcefulness is practiced by farmers and ranchers all over the country. As farmers, we are committed to continuous improvement. We are always looking for new ways to preserve natural resources so we can pass the land to future generations. Susan Olson

Hollis Hills: To Voicer Richie Nagan concerning my letter regarding a community facility at 214 St. and Union Turnpike: This area was rezoned in 2010 to stop this type of development. Nursery schools and day care are allowed. Medical facilities are not. The builder of this site falsely claimed to the Buildings Department that this would be a day care facility and received a certificate of occupancy for that. A medical facility opened after the building was finished. It has been deemed illegal by the Buildings Department since 2017 and should be padlocked. John Sullivan

San Francisco: To Voicer Robert Kralick: Your response to my letter starts off with a screed on the ills of life in San Francisco. This is totally irrelevant to the conversation (a common GOP deflection tactic). I grew up in New York and I’m very familiar with the ills of the city’s streets, which are many (not dissing NYC here). Getting back to the subject: You mention “low-information individuals.” Look in the mirror, because anyone following the news — other than on the most fake news channel, Fox News — would understand that my “INDICATED” reference was to what your hero “truthed” concerning his being indicted. You say certain people “should refrain from venting their frustrations with childish name-calling.” Well then, tell that to Dumb Quixote. As for Alvin Bragg’s charges, we’ll see. But be sure of one thing: There are many more indictments coming and your boy is going down. Bigly! Jimmy Layton

Brooklyn: It was a very bad week for America. Our former president was indicted by a legally constituted grand jury. His supporters have threatened the judge and his family. This is clearly behavior not worthy of American citizens. Unfortunately, Donald Trump has also disgraced himself with his attacks on Alvin Bragg and the judge for doing their jobs. Former President Trump has the right to prove he is not guilty of the charges. He clearly is proving that he is not a stable genius, but a bully. Alan Podhaizer

Yonkers: The indictment of Donald Trump is the most abominable example yet of the lunatic left’s weaponization of the rule of law and reveals the United States descent to Third World Banana Republic status. This effort by an America-hating Marxist/socialist cabal of Jacobins such as President Biden, Alvin Bragg, Barack Obama, George Soros, Hillary Clinton, Chuck Schumer, et al. proves that anyone who disagrees with their narrative will be destroyed. That evil now controls the once-vaunted Democratic Party is apodictic, as the blindfold on Lady Justice has been ripped off and the scale she holds tilted almost irretrievably to the left. Biden’s and the Democrats’ vow to unify the country has been a ruse, as crime, open borders, inflation and so many other issues are intentionally ignored in order to keep the country careening towards a modern version of Gomorrah all while the sycophantic lame-stream media dutifully go along. James McCaffrey

Swannanoa, N.C.: First off, l am not a Mötley Crüe fan. l pretty much think they blow. But in Thursday’s SNYDE headline (“Motley Crue drummer Mick Mars suing band for ‘gaslighting,’ trying to oust him from 25% stake,” April 6), Mars was referred to as the band’s drummer. Then in the first sentence of the article, he is referred to as the band’s guitarist, which is true. This is not headline news, but the discrepancy does glare. These are simple SoCal folk. People like Paul McCartney and Todd Rundgren, who can play everything, aren’t in bands like Mötley Crüe. Rob Stimson