New York is ridding itself of Massive Ketchup’s mealy menace (“Now they’re coming to your ketchup!” July 29).
I’ve over 57 causes for applauding this braveness within the face of profound sauciness.
And it has nothing to do with preserving the surroundings, however with preserving.
As any classicist is aware of, the phrase condiment comes from the Latin “condire,” or “to pickle.”
So ketchup isn’t any true condiment, because it depends on a wayward fruit dishonestly masquerading as a vegetable.
The place ketchup as soon as reigned, relish should now rise.
Right here’s to relish a verdant, pickled future.
Oliver Mosier, Brooklyn
Uber fares
I’m glad that the CEO of Uber, Dara Khosrowshahi, is conscious of the corporate’s astronomical fares after a journalist knowledgeable Dara he was charged $51.69 for a 2.95-mile journey (“$51 for a 3-mile experience,” Aug. 3).
I’m one in every of many New Yorkers who rely on Uber for my transportation wants within the metropolis.
Most Uber customers have a tough time understanding how Uber’s fare-pricing mechanism works, because it actually escalates minute-by-minute throughout peak hours.
The corporate makes use of a supply-and-demand curve to impose “surge pricing” when the demand is larger than the availability.
That is totally different from yellow cabs which function on a set mileage cost and have flat charges for particular distances that may be estimated.
I believe it might be good to have some regulatory parity and transparency in Uber and different app-based rides.
The fare fees ought to be understood by the unwitting passengers who routinely find yourself paying exorbitant fares disproportionate to distances.
Atul Karnik, Queens
China’s viral bear
Didn’t America have a zoo with human bears (“China Zoo received’t waver on bear,” Aug. 2)?
I appear to recollect a zoo with probably the most artful bears ever.
I visited them each week, and it was like The Wonderland Zoo with the Hair Bear Bunch.
Philip Brannon, London, UK
Medical debt
All of it sounds so good (“Metropolis presents sufferers clear invoice$ of well being,” July 31).
In case you have medical debt and are impoverished, RIP Medical Debt will act in your behalf to absolve you from that debt.
Right here’s the issue: RIP is publicly funded with tax {dollars}.
So it’s a continued advance of socialism.
Burt Firtel, Boca Raton, Fla.
Okla. intercourse alternative
Lately, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed an order that solidifies “distinctions between women and men primarily based on intercourse,” and never what gender one identifies with (“ ‘Ladies’s Invoice of Rights,’ ” Aug. 2).
Bravo! This order will maintain males in Oklahoma (no matter how they determine) out of girls’s locker rooms, shelters, prisons, and bogs.
This govt order ought to readily function a template for a nationwide regulation to cease “transanity” chilly in its tracks.
Anthony Parks, Backyard Metropolis
RIP, Shelia Oliver
Heartbroken by the passing of New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver (“NJ Lt. Gov. Oliver dies,” Aug. 2).
Sheila was a trailblazer who embodied the which means of public service and was a fierce advocate for the individuals of New Jersey.
My prayers are along with her family members throughout this tough time.
Paul Bacon, Hallandale Seaside, Fla.
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