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Re: Is It Time to End the FBI?

“The arguments for disbanding the FBI bring to mind liberal reasoning about citizens possessing firearms. They argue against anyone having weapons because they don’t trust that they will be used for acceptable purposes. But while our Founders enshrined a presumption of innocence for citizens, no such presumption holds for the government itself. The FBI was formed in a long-past era when one could largely expect the government to do what was right, and so it seemed acceptable to give it a weapon of great potential damage — a domestic federal law-enforcement agency — with relative confidence that Washington would wield that weapon properly. Sadly, the past few years have demonstrated that one can no longer make that assumption.” —Georgia

“The FBI’s assistance to CBS in its production of three FBI-themed TV series, which are nothing more than unrealistic puff pieces, is a slick attempt at damage control. They show an heroic FBI fighting national threats, but with a politically correct band of agents. The reason for the theatrics is that the agency has forgone its mission to investigate threats to the country in favor of harassing opponents of the administration. Finally, national investigative organizations worldwide have a spotty record of success and are more notable for suppression of citizen rights and potential opposition. Time to abolish the present organization and farm out its functions to existing groups with expertise in its component areas.” —Kentucky

“Perhaps it’s time to dust off the knowledge that under Director Mueller, instead of promoting experienced field agents to the executive positions, lawyers were hired as senior managers. This was the beginning of the weakening of FBI standards. That was a big mistake! My recommendation to reform the FBI is to start by dismissing non-field-agent (lawyer) managers and putting three-year tour-of-duty limits on all directors. In other words, clean house. Field office managers with unblemished records would be excellent candidates for these senior positions.” —California

Re: Looking for the Next George Floyd

“ANYTHING to denigrate law enforcement. It reminds me of how they depicted us, the military, during the Vietnam War as the real enemy. Sadly, far too many bought it and acted accordingly. It was ugly for our returning military.” —Oregon

“Excellent job ‘filling in the blanks’ that the leftist media either ignore or try to hide, like the pending gun charge. He shot a cop in the wrist, and that is what started the firefight. Leftist media that ignore these facts should be liable for riot damages, because it sure seems like they are trying their best to stir up another George Floyd type of disturbance.” —Illinois

Re: Judge Grants Second Amendment to Illegals

“Everyone has a right to come to this country … to be accepted as a legal immigrant, to renounce allegiance to any other state or form of government, to earn and pay their own way in this country, to obey its laws, and to defend it, with their lives if necessary. No one has a right to come to this country and change it to any other form of government without regard to the citizens that are there before them.” —Texas

Re: Trump Splits the Baby

“Trump is correct. Your heart is in the right place, but you must win elections to stop the majority of abortions.” —Florida

Re: An Unsustainable Debt

“Spending other people’s money never gets old. Paying it back doesn’t seem to be a requirement, and politicians from all sides play this game. I think they call that financial suicide. How long before the government starts selling off our national treasures? We the people continue to tolerate this foolishness and are therefore partially responsible.” —Washington

Re: Oregon’s Death Sentence of No Boundaries

“When I used to transcribe numerous ER notes for drug addicts and alcoholics, only one doctor ever had the courage to say the quiet part out loud: Most of these people don’t want help, and they certainly don’t want to stop; they just want their next high. Naive, gullible, and downright stupid Oregonians had to figure that out the hard way despite piles of stats and human interest stories already proving what that ER doctor knew. But in defense of the 60% who voted for such an asinine law, they were probably stoned at the time.” —Pennsylvania

Re: In Brief: Swastikas Are Progressive Now

“When protestors in Michigan chant ‘Death to America,’ I wonder which America they are promoting to be killed — the one that allows the Left to make outrageous statements, or the one that has no tolerance for diversity of thought.” —Florida

Re: The National ‘Happiness Deficit’

“Well, just when I thought Alexander couldn’t exceed the high bar of his previous columns, he publishes this piece on peace. Many of us are guilty of emphasizing our rights to life and liberty, but leaving the pursuit of happiness as a quaint postscript. The authors of our Declaration of Independence certainly faced far more perilous threats than we do today, yet they ensured we remember to pursue happiness. We need to recall their wisdom, along with the wisdom of Ronald Reagan, Arthur Brooks, and, yes, Alexander, and apply an even older truth: ‘Great peace have those that love [God’s] law, and nothing can make them stumble.’ (Psalm 119:165) Thanks, Patriots!” —Missouri

“Upon reading this column, at first I thought it must have been ghost-written… ‘Happiness,’ Alexander? Really? But by the time I completed it, I realized that this spirit of higher contentment, and the need to rise above the contemporary political din, underlies most of what Alexander writes. It was an outlier, but if you haven’t read it, I suggest you do so that we all may rise above the din long enough to discard the heavy apocalyptic perspective that seems to burden too many conservatives.” —Oregon