Letters to the Editor

Readers respond to a column by Bret Stephens pointing out examples.

Readers, including a former Israeli diplomat, respond to a guest essay by the Israeli politician Benny Gantz. Also: Care for young and old; trucks and trains.

Responses to a news analysis about the possible effects of President Trump’s reprisals. Also: Cultural exchanges; roots of political violence; A.I.

Readers sharply criticize the speeches by the president and the secretary of defense. Also: A cynical order from the Supreme Court.

Readers respond to an editorial about President Trump’s troubling use of executive power in the Venezuelan boat strikes. Also: Social Security woes; the importance of Black colleges.

Readers react to the indictment of the former F.B.I. director. Also: The Canadian snowbirds’ changing flight patterns; AirPods that translate.

Readers discuss artificial intelligence and the roles of students and parents. Also: Infants and screens; prizes for the president.

Responding to a guest essay, readers discuss the Democratic Party’s history and its options now.

Readers discuss President Trump’s attacks on free speech. Also: Pentagon secrecy; a call to ex-presidents; medical advice from the president; mandatory friendliness.

Readers criticize President Trump’s harsh speech. Also: Jimmy Kimmel’s return, and the F.C.C.’s threats; women in Congress; politics at the E.P.A.

Readers respond to President Trump’s assertions about autism and acetaminophen. Also: Robert Redford and Paul Newman.

Readers, including the author Jhumpa Lahiri, respond to the Barnard president’s guest essay about speakers at universities. Also: The benefits of trees.

Readers react to the memorial for the slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Also: Jimmy Kimmel and free speech; a loss of history at PBS.

Readers respond to a guest essay about cursing. Also: Our “dangerous, surreal and unnerving times.”

Readers respond to a guest essay by Keith Humphreys and an article about a fentanyl death.

Readers respond to a Business column about a prophet of A.I. who warns about its future. Also: Fighting crime at its roots; the soybean solution.

Readers respond to ABC’s action pulling Mr. Kimmel’s late-night show off the air.

Readers respond to a guest essay about throwaway plastic. Also: President Trump the divider; stealth legislation.

Readers respond to the threat of a crackdown on the “far left” after Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Also: Scrapping climate-monitoring satellites.

Readers respond to column by Ezra Klein. Also: President Trump and the National Emergencies Act.

Responses to a column by Thomas L. Friedman about cooperation between the U.S. and China on artificial intelligence. Also: A beautiful sight in Nashville.

Sampling the outpouring of responses to a column by David Brooks about the shortcomings of the liberal approach to the nation’s ills.

Readers discuss the damage to America’s parks. Also: Racial profiling in immigrant sweeps; the 9/11 memorial; phones in the classroom.

Readers respond to a guest essay about the Proposition 50 redistricting proposal in California. Also: Erasing history.

Readers respond to a column by Ezra Klein about what the Democrats should do. Also: Florida and vaccines; no award for Tom Hanks at West Point.

Readers discuss the name change at the Pentagon. Also: Fearful sports fans in D.C.; gay Republicans in Washington.

Abigail Disney, a descendant of Disney’s founders, and other readers respond to an essay about Disney and America. Also: A stark contrast between two political parties.

Readers discuss a guest essay by a woman whose daughter died by suicide.

Readers discuss President Trump’s claim that he has the right to conduct the extrajudicial killing of alleged drug dealers. Also: Crime trends.

Readers respond to articles about Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Also: The power of a thank-you note; preventing cannabis poisoning in children.

Readers offer analysis and advice about the Democrats’ plight. Also: An Israeli’s heroism.

Readers respond to a column by David Brooks. Also: Juxtaposing a Nobel Peace Prize and a Department of War.

Readers respond to an essay by a conservative mother on the importance of Medicaid to the care of her disabled son.

Readers respond to an essay on the malaise among boys and young men in civic, familial and social life.

Readers react to the firing of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Also: facing U.S. history without shame; shutting ‘Alligator Alcatraz.”

Readers lament the school shooting in Minnesota. Also: The Capitol Police ignored by President Trump; a possible cancer risk for runners.

Readers react to the Trump administration’s deployment of U.S. military in cities. Also: A California voter’s choice on gerrymandering; the impact of ICE raids.

Readers react to an essay on how President Trump’s speaking style is changing our language. Also: A warning from Canada; an argument for shutting down the N.I.H.

Readers suspect motives for the F.B.I. raid of John Bolton’s home. Also: Why authoritarians don’t like science.

Readers respond to a guest essay on the decline of a premium air travel perk. Also: When church and politics meet.

Readers react to a column by David Brooks analyzing the gloominess trend in the United States.

Readers discuss a column by Nicholas Kristof on the ‘pointless destructiveness’ of Israel’s war on Hamas. Also: Trump’s mail-in ballot block.

Readers respond to a column by Maureen Dowd on crime in Washington and the federal takeover of the city’s police department. Also: President Trump’s intemperance.

Reader’s find both challenges and beauty in failing eyesight. Also: Questioning A.I.

Readers weigh in on the Ukrainian president’s meeting with President Trump and European leaders. Also: When teens vote.

Readers condemn the Trump administration’s plans to remove some Smithsonian exhibits. Also: Secrets of aging well.

Readers discuss definitions of death in the context of organ donations. Also: Addressing sexual abuse at Uber.

Readers criticize a guest essay about the pleasures of smoking. Also: The trauma of jury duty; the federalized police in Washington, D.C.

Pediatricians call for keeping migrant families intact. Also: Nuclear pessimism; a view from Canada; “cleaning up” D.C.; food stamps; books, read and unread.

Readers respond to articles about the E.P.A.’s reversal on the dangers of climate change. Also: Hiding unfavorable jobs data.

Readers criticize the president’s order to send in federal troops. Also: The Trump-Putin summit in Alaska; fake science papers; defining masculinity.

Readers respond to a front-page article about organ transplants and risks to donors. Also: Burning contraceptives; photo memories.

Readers respond to a guest essay about illiteracy. Also: The autocrat’s playbook.

Readers respond to a guest essay about assisted suicide. Also: A setback on vaccines; politics and the pulpit.

Readers respond to an article about men, women and “mankeeping.” Also: The Supreme Court; separating migrant families.

Readers respond to a Science Times article. Also: The Arab League’s call for Hamas to disarm.

Readers respond to a column by Maureen Dowd about men and books. Also: President Trump’s tariff games; relationships outside romance.

Readers respond to President Trump’s firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Erika McEntarfer. Also: Family rifts over politics.

Readers discuss a series of setbacks under the Trump administration. Also: Sugary drinks and SNAP.

Readers object to Trump administration actions on climate change. Also: The Israel-Gaza war; a defense of home-schooling.

Readers respond to a Critic’s Notebook about the debate over empathy. Also: The notion that President Trump’s image could be added to Mount Rushmore.

Readers object to an executive order sanitizing troubling aspects of U.S. history. Also: “Dangerously irresponsible” policies; a home-schooling lag.

Readers respond to a guest essay by Meghan O’Rourke about artificial intelligence. Also: Port and privacy; the G.O.P. vs. NPR.

Readers respond to a column by Bret Stephens.

Readers react to the latest turns in the Jeffrey Epstein case. Also: A threat to election officials; smoke from Canadian wildfires.

Readers respond to a doctor’s guest essay. Also: President Trump and team names; the president’s effect on Canada.

Readers offer sharply differing reactions to a guest essay by a genocide scholar.

Readers respond to an essay by Roger Rosenblatt about death, memory and love. Also: How Medicaid cuts will hurt college students.

Readers respond to a column by David Brooks.

Readers, many of them unhappy, react to the cancellation of Mr. Colbert’s show. Also: A rubber-stamp Congress; lessons from the Scopes trial.

Readers offer advice to the Democrats. Also: Senator Josh Hawley’s reversal; a backlash at the E.P.A.; President Trump and the absurd.

Readers respond to a Styles article about the reading habits of men. Also: Women’s choices; chatbots in toys; conservative professors.

Readers respond to the president’s latest turn in the war. Also: President Trump and Rosie O’Donnell; New Yorkers’ health; travel medical kits.

Readers respond to articles about childhood vaccinations and a rise in measles cases. Also: Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s independent path.

Readers discuss a guest essay about birthrates and the world’s population. Also: A citizens’ celebration for America’s 250th anniversary.

Three women write about careers, marriage and motherhood. Also: Laura Loomer’s clout with President Trump; learning from Zohran Mamdani.

Readers discuss Justice Jackson’s role on the Supreme Court. Also: Church endorsements of candidates; Voice of America, silenced.

Readers respond to a guest essay by Dr. Allen Frances. Also: A Supreme Court decision on firing federal workers.

Readers see varying lessons in President Trump’s domestic policy bill. Also: Cuts that hurt community health.

Readers react to the unfolding flooding disaster in Texas. Also: Empathy for immigrants; anticipating the 250th anniversary of the United States.