The Issue: Reports that President Biden’s dog, Commander, has bitten seven Secret Service agents.
Dogs, babies and teen-agers are all alike: They can sense if you like them and if you are afraid of them (“Commander in Chomp,” July 26).
Secret Service agents have enough to do without being dog sitters or walkers. Plus, there is a certain amount of tension and wariness that comes with the job.
Dogs are intuitive, sensitive creatures. They can pick up on this.
That feeling may alert Commander that there is a need for fear, and he needs to go into guard-dog mode. This is natural for a German shepherd.
I would hate to see Commander muzzled. I have no idea how anybody is going to get a muzzle on him without getting hurt.
This will not curb his aggression.
I hope the First Family will take steps with positive interventions with a dog handler to help Commander and protect the Secret Service agents.
Rosemarie Kaupp
Warrington, Pa.
The president’s pet German shepherd has already bitten at least seven Secret Service agents. Perhaps this is being caused by the availability of remnants of cocaine laying around the West Wing.
The White House may soon need a good crime dog to bite through the corrupt coverups going on in this current administration.
Ray Starman
Albany
Let’s not be too hard on the president’s dog Commander for his bad behavior towards White House secret service agents.
Apparently, through osmosis, the first dog has picked up Joe Biden’s anger-management issues with pesky White House press corps reporters.
Commander needs some disciplinary time in the dog house, and his thin-skinned master (who’s bristling as the walls are closing in on Bidenworld) needs to be right there with him.
James Hyland
Beechurst
If the president of the United States can’t control his son or his German Shepherd, how the heck is he going to control the United States and his administration? This is joke.
Bob Robustelli
Stamford, Conn.
The Issue: The MTA’s decision to make five city bus routes free for six months starting in September.
What a typical “solution” for a city problem (“The Left’s Free Everything,” Editorial, July 23).
Too many bus-fare evaders? We’ll simply drop the fares on those routes and have the rest of us pay more.
People can’t pass certain written tests? Dumb them down first, and when that inevitably proves unsuccessful, eliminate the exams entirely.
Applicants for jobs requiring fitness and strength, such as police and firemen, can’t pass physical tests? Lower the standards for “passing.”
Notice a pattern here? Is it any wonder why the city continues its downward spiral?
Richard Rafal
Manhattan
The city should make the transit system free.
There isn’t any fee for using police, fire department or sanitation resources or schools, libraries or parks. Public transportation is just as essential.
A free transportation system would help New York’s working poor and middle class in the most direct way possible.
André Montero
Brooklyn
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