Baiting Donald Trump does not equal beating him Boynton Beach, Fla.: Kudos to Voicer Eugene R. Dunn for what I feel is an accurate analysis of the presidential debate that goes against the grain in claiming that Donald Trump was the clear winner. Dunn, like most people, including Trump, view the debates as an intellectual boxing match. And with Kamala Harris repeatedly lying as effortlessly as she breathes, it was clear she was determined to “fight dirty” all night! During the 1997 heavyweight championship bout between Mike Tyson and Evander Holyfield, Tyson didn’t like his chances of winning and bit the ear of Holyfield. The legendary no-nonsense referee Mills Lane quickly assessed the situation and immediately deducted two points from Tyson, along with a stern warning. When the fight resumed, Tyson bit Holyfield’s other ear the first chance he got. Lane confronted Tyson, said “Bulls–t!” right to his face and subsequently disqualified him, ending the fight, leaving everyone disappointed. But it was the right call to make. In a sane world where lying isn’t rewarded, Harris should’ve been first warned to not lie and then disqualified within the first 20 minutes for persisting in her intellectual dishonesty. As Lane unapologetically said post-fight about his decision to end the contest, Tyson “didn’t come to fight.” Neither did Harris, who represents the abysmal Biden presidential record, and as Dunn alluded, whose only chance of winning was the “Hail Mary” play of trying to get under Trump’s skin to call her the vile c-word. I give Trump all the credit in the world for not taking the bait! Ed Dignan Dearth of discernment Queens Village: Trump should not worry about Taylor Swift’s pick for president. Ninety percent of her songs are about picking the wrong person. Frank Barnett Red, white & blue Plainview, L.I.: To Voicer Mike Rice: You are wrong about Trump wearing his blue suit, white shirt and red tie, because our flag is red, white and blue, which stands for America. Frank Mauceri Out of step Belvidere, N.J.: Re “Pope finds both candidates are ‘against life,’ urges voting for the ‘lesser evil,’ ” (Sept. 14): Pope Francis advises American Catholic voters to decide which is the lesser evil: “kills children,” i.e. abortion (Kamala Harris), or “throws away migrants” (Donald Trump). Heterodox Pope Francis is confused. He is shirking his Catholic duty by letting Catholics choose which controversy is more or less evil: abortion or immigration. Orthodox Catholic bishops have already informed us that abortion is the greatest evil concerning the upcoming presidential election. The U.S. Catholic bishops voted (225-11): “The threat of abortion remains the preeminent priority” in a guide for Catholic voters ahead of the 2024 presidential election. Pope Francis, time to step down. Dan Arthur Pryor NIMBY immigration Hicksville, L.I.: Voicer Robert Rundbaken reminds me of Baghdad Bob reassuring the Iraqi people that all was well while American tanks rolled in behind him. From 2016 to 2020, there were an average of 450,000 apprehensions on the Southern border yearly. Under President Biden, that number is 1.5 million. You either got your numbers from the Department of Homeland Security or you’re just making stuff up. That number doesn’t include getaways or Cuban, Venezuelan, Haitian and Nicaraguan migrants who fall into another category. Guys like me have no issue with immigration, but dumping 20,000 Haitians into an already struggling town of 60,000 people is irresponsible. This administration has proved that it could care less about the American people. When we start dumping them in lily-white, wealthy neighborhoods like we did on Martha’s Vineyard, I guarantee you it will stop. The response from those caring liberals proved who you really are. John Gelormino Warnings unheeded Plainview, L.I.: Re “Fatal listeria outbreak shuts Boar’s Head plant” (Sept. 14): I can’t help wondering what percentage of the fools who still continue to buy and eat any Boar’s Head cold cuts, even after learning that the company allowed disgusting, unsanitary “flies and mold” conditions to persist inside its Virginia factory for at least one or two years, will be voting for Donald Trump as president. Richard Siegelman Double-booked Briarwood: Last Sunday, the Jets and Giants were both scheduled to play at 1 p.m. Meanwhile, the Mets and Yankees were scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Am I the only one who thinks this scheduling stinks!? Mary Elizabeth Ellis Not music to our ears Yonkers: I totally agree with Eddie Trunk’s tweet atop the Sept. 9 sports page about the NFL’s choice of halftime “entertainment” — it is pathetic. In my opinion, replacing actual music with unintelligible noise is also disgusting and just plain sad. Rather than increasing the fan base, this dumb move will alienate a huge percentage of fans. We might even skip the commercials! Mark Bloom Canceled costs Manhattan: How many gadgets and gizmos is the government going to buy to improve the subway experience? Saturday’s Be Our Guest writers Albert Fox Cahn and Juliana Weber (“The devolution of subway scanners,” op-ed, Sept. 14) exposed all the pricey nonsense exactly. Who’s minding the store when ripoff firms make their pitches? Make the subways free. Think of the money that’ll be saved — no need for cops and courts to waste time with fare-beaters. And, oh yeah, the tourist industry will love it. Neil J. Pollicino Affordable for whom? Brooklyn: I have lived in Windsor Terrace for 37 years, so I do not understand what neighborhood the author of “An Arrow pointing to housing” (editorial, Sept. 14) lives in. No building in this neighborhood is higher than six stories, so two 13-story towers will loom over the neighborhood on this very small site. And the author thinks he lives near Gowanus? Only if he has a car and drives for 20 minutes. The planned towers are market-rate housing. When we were charging $1,850 a month for an apartment in our two-family home, the building next door, which has flipped countless times, was charging $4,500. We do not need two towers full of market-rate housing. We need places that schoolteachers and nurses can afford to rent. The rich already own Manhattan. Let’s try to keep Brooklyn for the middle class. Barbara Barran Unaccompanied minor Brooklyn: Your Sept. 14 story “Police hunt creep in teen rape attempt” didn’t address one important detail: Why is a 13-year-old out in the streets at 3:40 a.m.? Where are her parents or guardian? This is a situation where the city Administration for Children’s Services needs to get involved. Unbelievable! Glenn Brown More pressing Manhattan: Slavery was 200 years ago. The reparations bill is another despicable attempt by the New York City Council to get Black votes. Why not focus on current issues that plague New Yorkers, such as the lack of lawyers to represent middle-income residents at Housing Court? The average lawyer will charge thousands of dollars. Funding has been cut for litigants. Cecilia K. Gullas Assistance restrictions Huntington, L.I.: The welfare state encourages poor choices. Far too many unmarried young women choose to have children they can’t afford to support. This is one of the primary causes of child poverty, yet it is not mentioned in “N.Y. can ease child poverty” (op-ed, Sept. 15). The best way to address child poverty is to prevent it. This requires changes to the welfare system. The Personal Responsibility Act passed by the House of Representatives in March 1995 included two provisions that were later dropped from welfare reform legislation: 1) Prohibit unmarried minor parents from receiving cash assistance and 2) prohibit states from increasing cash benefits when a new baby is born to a family already on the rolls (the family cap). Congress should adopt these provisions in any revision to welfare. This will do more to decrease child poverty than expanding the child tax credit. Tom Saracco Pop psychology Rockaway Beach: People are beginning to self-diagnose their socio-emotional issues on social media. There are countless misleading TikToks that attempt to explain psychological and emotional disorders from people unqualified to do so. As someone who suffers from ADHD, this worries me. In my information algorithm, I scroll through post after post of content creators depicting people who can’t sit still or keep their mouths shut. In reality, most ADHD sufferers simply can’t focus on something uninteresting to them. Peter Polizzi