To the Editor:
I recently finished the second reading of the May 10Commentary titled “Democracy Smolders as Nero Plucks His Lyre.” Upon completion of the second reading my initialthought was that I had mistakenly overlooked a tag line indicating that it was just an April Fool’s trick, but then I realized April 1 had passed more than a month ago and Mr. Rooney’s thoughts were really legit.
I have no specialized training in either historical or legal fields of study, yet we all know from experience that neither…
May 24, 2017
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