Letters to the Editor

Responses to an essay about the vice-presidential candidate and rural values. Also: A rattled Trump; cancer screening; the S.S. United States; L.A. Olympic transit.

Readers react to arguments by Times columnists that aim to debunk commonly accepted ideas.

Responses to a column by David French. Also: The candidates’ foreign experience; a loss of diversity in network news; school libraries; independent voters.

Readers call for expansion of a program that has helped many veterans. Also: Walz’s military service; Trump’s unreality; Black doctors; farewell to WCBS Newsradio.

Readers disagree with The Times’s decision to stop endorsing in local races. Also: Trump-speak; the human touch in restaurants; student phone bans.

Readers discuss an article about solar geoengineering. Also: Justice Neil Gorsuch; the Holocaust and A.I.; L.G.B.T.Q. tokenism; tips for travel.

Readers discuss election obstacles. Also: Donald Trump’s claim about Kamala Harris’s crowds; the Olympics; Covid vaccines; food and the climate.

Readers react to articles about the rise in traffic deaths. Also: Neo-Nazis in Nashville; JD Vance and the rule of law; a ban on masks.

Readers discuss a column by Michelle Goldberg, part of a series challenging conventional wisdom.

Readers worry about the impact and suggest it’s just an empty campaign promise. Also: Trump’s news conference; V.P. candidates’ military records; Jewish voters.