Letter to the editor

I read recently about speaker Johnson chastising Elon Musk about disagreeing with the president or his party. I thought back to a story told by President Reagan comparing life in these United States to Russia: Two men were talking, an American and a Russian. The American said if he didn’t like how things are going, he could go to the white house, pound on Mr. Reagan’s desk, and tell him he didn’t like how he was running the country. The Russian replied “I can do that too.” “Really?” “Why yes, I can go to the Kremlin, pound on Mr. Gorbachev's desk, and tell him I don’t like how Mr. Reagan is running the country.” While that was funny, it was also based in truth. The histor