Taylor Swifts big day and more: Letters to the Editor June 28, 2026

Really, street closures around Madison Square Garden from July 2 to July 4 for Taylor Swift’s wedding (“Clues for Tay’s day,” June 25)?This is also the 250th Anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.Did anyone think about the inconvenience and chaos this would cause for traffic and pedestrians on this special holiday? Thousands of people will be coming to Manhattan for the spectacular fireworks.Between massive street closures, wedding attendees’ Ubers and limos, security and fans, the streets will be a mess.

So much for enjoying this historic holiday.Carol Puttre-CzyzManhattanBrendan O’Neill is dead right: Far-left crackpot policies sank Keir Starmer and are sinking Britain (“Keir chose to lib dangerously,” June 23).But will the United Kingdom’s self-inflicted wounds be a “lesson to leftist parties everywhere?” No way; they’ve long since shown that they don’t, won’t and can’t learn.It’s America’s independent voters who need to learn that lesson, even if it means dropping their Trump Derangement Syndrome just for the brief few minutes they’re voting in November’s midterms.Bill MarsanoManhattanThe reflecting pool in DC is under constant video surveillance (“Vandals uncool to pool,” June 23).Can anyone provide the footage of vandals cutting a 350-foot slice into the bottom of the pool that President Trump himself said could not be cut?Trump constantly changes his lies, and the Republican propaganda machine falls in line.Bruce EllisHouston, TexasI cannot believe that some medical professionals — people whose hands we put our lives into — so blatantly defraud the system we need for our medical coverage (“Med expenses are doctored,” June 24)The outlandish spending they’ve done is outrageous.People can’t afford medications or even medical procedures but these disgusting greedy people take millions out of the system to buy designer jewelry and foreign cars.Those who’ve enriched themselves need to...