No, bus, don’t go — at least not if you see me
Bronx: New York City makes traveling easy with trains and buses accessible at relatively every part of the city. The last snowstorm made traveling slow but available. I had the pleasure of traveling to work with my nephew two days after the storm. We waited for a bus for 25 minutes in the cold, which was unfortunately expected due to the snow.
When we reached our destination, the Woodlawn train station, I saw the bus I needed pulling into the stop. My nephew ran to catch it for me since I’m disabled. I was only a couple of feet away from the bus when my nephew asked the driver to wait and pointed to me. The driver waved his hand and pulled off. I had the daunting task of waiting in the extreme cold again for 30 minutes for another bus.
It was mean of the driver not to wait a couple of seconds for a disabled person to reach the bus, especially with the snow and cold. There are some bus operators who will show compassion and wait if they see someone running for the bus. I understand schedules, but come on, what would a couple of seconds or even minutes cost the driver in bad weather? I just want to let those drivers who feel they don’t have to wait for a customer, especially a disabled one, know that showing compassion has no cost. It just may make you feel good about yourself. Arlana Solomon Girven
Winter of despair
Scranton, Pa.: Much of the nation has been in an icy envelope of polar air for several weeks. The medley for winter-weary Americans has included everything from aching backs from shoveling to sore throats to frozen noses. In Ukraine, besides sleet and snow, the daily forecast includes drones and missiles raining down on the war-weary populace. That makes four winters in its cataclysmic conflict with Russia that President Trump lied about Ukraine starting, and which he promised to end more than a year ago. But, the humble humanitarian that he is, Trump convinced his pal Vladimir Putin to give Ukraine a chance to catch its breath. For one week, Putin agreed to stop his army’s slaughter of civilians, allowing them the luxury of safely going outside for a cup of hot tea rather than a devastating drone. Then I guess it’ll be back to normal in Ukraine’s endless winter of despair. Vin Morabito
Keep ’em coming
Midland Park, N.J.: To Voicer Barbara Cusano, who wrote sarcastically about cartoonist extraordinaire Bramhall: Bramhall is a genius! His page is the first one I turn to every morning. His brilliant cartoons help preserve my sanity in this ever-increasingly deranged country we’re living in. Case in point, I’m writing this on a day when the president has posted a vile video of the Obamas online. Keep that ink flowing in your gifted pen, Mr. Bramhall! We love you! Mary Jo McDonough
Where it belongs
East Meadow, L.I.: After Trump put his name on the Kennedy Center, now he wants his name on Penn Station? Why not put his name on Rikers Island? Jeff Tuck
System crasher
Bronx: First of all, thanks to the Daily News for allowing its readers to vent their concerns on current events. I’m so tired in my head and heart of this attack on our democracy by our president. He says he wants to eliminate voting and wants to run for a third term. The Constitution clearly states that presidents can only run for two terms. George Washington was trying to be convinced to run for a third and refused. He performed an act of integrity — something our current president knows nothing of. We fought the British so we would not be ruled by a king. Have we learned nothing from history? If it weren’t for democracy, Trump wouldn’t have become president in the first place. David Gonzalez
Carrier vs. killer
Congers, N.Y.: To Voicer Charles T. Compton: So if Alex Pretti was wrong to bring a gun to a protest, how about the right-wing hero Kyle Rittenhouse? What’s the difference? Oh, that’s right — Rittenhouse shot protesters and got away with it. Pretti paid with his life. Beth Friscino
Better with bylines
Manhattan: Kudos to the Daily News for its Feb. 5 edition. The sports section featured a story on the N.Y. Rangers that went beyond the usual Associated Press attribution by including a proper byline. The always-enjoyable Peter Sblendorio of The News broke down the recent Artemi Panarin trade to the L.A. Kings, with some insight into general manager Chris Drury’s perspective on the team. That it was a Daily News staff writer made it all the better. A solid read. More like this, please. The AP story on New England Patriots head coach Mike Vrabel also included a byline, crediting Kyle Hightower of the Associated Press. This is another welcome change. I’ve often been frustrated after enjoying an AP article and wanting to read more by the same writer, only to find no clear attribution. In fact, every story in the paper included full writer and publication bylines. A welcome and long-overdue improvement. Bob Glasscock
Make it punchier
Manhattan: Re “Mets will have plenty of competition once spring training begins” (Feb. 5): Baseball games are much shorter, and the sport’s terms should be too. In a season of Groundhog Day, the Super Bowl and the Olympics, “Pitchers and catchers report” is so many syllables that you forget what you’re talking about by the end of it. There has to be a better phrase — “1-2 report,” using the scorecard positions; “Essentials report” (no offense to the other position players); or just call it “MLB warm-ups” with a nod to the thawing of the cold weather. This might be too much, but why not punch it up with the top stars, like “Paul Skenes and Cal Raleigh report”? The good news: No matter how you describe it, baseball is just around the corner! Adam Silbert
Short circuiting
Belvidere, N.J.: My internet sleuthing has turned up an article by Robert Bryce (The Spectator, Feb. 2) where he lays out the absurdity of the electric vehicle market. General Motors ($7.1 billion EV loss), Ford ($35.1 billion EV loss), Porsche ($1.9 billion EV loss), Lucid and Rivian ($30.2 billion EV loss) are irreversibly bleeding money trying to push electric vehicles on society. These losses prove the lunacy of the EV market. There are plenty of fossil fuels for multitudes of generations. Maybe Christ is timing His second coming right before the world runs out of fossil fuels. If not, eventually we’ll return to farming with one-horse plows because the sun and wind will never power the world anywhere near what fossil fuels can do. Dan Arthur Pryor
