That was disgraceful

To The Editor:

As I gazed upon Mr. Laven’s smiling picture and then read his words, it occurred to me if his smiling visage was cloaked in the Grim Reaper’s cape it would be more appropriate.

It’s also amusing he casts himself as a professor of conflict resolution when each time he opines conflict creation would be more accurately descriptive.

Finally, the most disturbing thought I’m left with as my oldest granddaughter, a freshman at Wellesley, is exposed to people who share his dark clouded thoughts, being young and impressionable they might actually think he’s worth listening to.

As a typical lefty, he throws out outrageous statements with no elaboration, and just moves on to the next one.

Apparently, he thinks possession of a Ph.D. entitles him to oracle status. Well, some of us consider it manifestation, at least in social sciences, as allegedly knowing more and more about less and less.

What the heck does he mean when he states, “Republicans are responsible for normalization of dishonesty and gaslighting.” Apparently, he missed the courses highlighting the Democrats of the solid South creating and perpetuating Jim Crow, and that the first civil rights legislation in 100 years originated and was passed under Eisenhower, and the landmark legislation of the Sixties passed only by reason of Everett Dirksen and his caucus overcoming the solid South Dem resistance.

If Laven wants to live in the past, he needs to acknowledge ALL of it.

Ironically, to a great extent, economic problems exist today because of democratic fascination and misplaced belief that the government can solve all problems and ignores