Theodore MarkusStuart, Fla.To the Editor:“How Far America Has Fallen” seethes with disdain for all the good people in Colorado, like me, who voted for Donald Trump. Roger Cohen is right that “it’s different in the West .” Every time lefty pundits like Mr. Cohen and Paul Krugman write negative things about the economic miracles of Mr. Trump, the more we here on the “fruited plain” love the man. Sam TaylorColorado SpringsTo the Editor:I would like to put a positive spin on the facts that Roger Cohen laments in his column. In times not so far distant, they would have enjoyed and exercised their power and status without fear of criticism. That’s who we’ve become, and it did not all start with Donald Trump.

Source: New York Times September 02, 2018 18:56 UTC