To the Editor: Letter writers often include quotations in their letters. And that is good. If I may here is a quotation that explains our current federal government — Republicans and Democrats. “If ...

Michael Schrader’s letter contained the often misquoted Tennyson quote (“Message to troops is dismaying,” Our Readers’ Views Dec. 3). Tennyson didn’t say do or die. He wrote do AND die. The charge of ...