Mark Cantor

Pat Bagley’s cartoon titled “Peace in our Time” (June 16) shows Benjamin Netanyahu shooting down the chances for a U.S. peace with Lebanon demonstrating Bagley’s lack of understanding of the differences between Trump’s war with Iran and Israel’s. Israel’s interest in the conflict is survival. The IRGC is dedicated to the destruction of Israel. IRGC-backed Hezbollah rejected the terms of the recent ceasefire claiming that it amounts to surrender and continued to fire missiles into Israel.

Regarding Pat Bagley’s recent cartoon, “David and Goliath Revisited”: Did I miss his cartoon depicting Hamas and Gazan civilians invading Israel, raping and murdering festival goers, shooting people in their cars trying to escape the onslaught, invading homes and burning and shooting families (including babies) to death and taking, torturing and killing civilian hostages, many of whom were held captive by Gaza civilians?

Harry “The Hipster” Gibson (1915-91) was a unique character in jazz history. In some ways he was the jazz equivalent to rock and roll’s Jerry Lee Lewis although he appeared a decade earlier. The singer-pianist became famous for a short time in the mid-1940s due to his somewhat crazy recordings for Musicraft and the three Soundies that he made in 1944. He largely disappeared from the national jazz scene after the early 1950s although he made a few albums during 1974-89.