Readers write: Letters to the editor, Jan. 23, 2016

Hillary Clinton says she is ready to be the next president and commander in chief, claiming she has the experience and knowledge to handle whatever comes her way.

So when our servicemen and women are in harm’s way overseas, I will be anxious to hear the title of the video she has their backs with.

— Rolf L. Bilet

Anchorage

On June 19, ADN reported calls for boycott of the Oscars over the lack of racial diversity among 2016 nominees, an act of political correctness, of course.

What’s next? Boycotting the Nobel Prize Committee for the lack of certain racial diversity since its inception in the field of science and medicine?

Here are two more examples of political correctness.

When a white man plays Othello he always blackens his face and hands. Can you imagine what would happen countrywide if a black ballerina dancing the White Swan in Tchaikovsky’s “Swan Lake” is asked to whiten her face?

All these cases largely explain the Donald Trump phenomenon: People are fed up with political correctness.

— Rudy Budesky

Anchorage

I have a message for those I-hate-America hippies occupying a federal building in eastern Oregon:

Lose the beard, get a haircut, take a bath and get a job. If you really want to occupy federal property, why do it in a northern winter? There’s a nice federal building with room for you guys at Guantanamo Bay in sunny Cuba. And since you’re so concerned about “federal overreach,” why not return the property to local residents?

— Geoff Kennedy

Anchorage

Have you ever been to Denali? Have you ever seen a Denali wolf? If so, you are very lucky and I hope it was a remarkable experience you will remember for decades to come. If not, you are among the great majority of visitors to Denali, where wolf numbers are declining precipitously. The state of Alaska and U.S. Department of Interior should work together to create a permanent protective buffer for Denali wolves. Think of all the many dollars wildlife tourism brings to our state. It’s time to establish a buffer zone. Do the right thing.

— Sophie Ritterent

As an Alaska resident since 1962, I have been following the numbers of Denali wolves over many years. I am greatly concerned about their low numbers, which limit the amount of valuable science that can be done, and the number of wolves seen by eager tourists. Trapping tends to take the most critical members of a wolf family, for example, the mating alpha male and female. This often causes the whole family to disintegrate.

I am writing to urge support for an adequate and permanent conservation easement to protect the Denali wolves, to preserve them for the enjoyment and enlightenment of generations to come. I want my great-grandchildren to visit Denali and be thrilled to see wolves in their natural environment. We must protect these valuable creatures.

— Robyn Lauster

Anchorage