Letters to the Editor

A proposed Berkeley tax on buildings that use natural gas would have cost Boichik Bagels barely anything per bagel — but the company fought to kill it.

Readers pick apart the comparison of Trump to the biblical Samson and the idea that the U.S. should be a Christian nation.

Readers point out some flaws in the president-elect’s plan to increase tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada, China and other countries.

Readers say the problem with solar energy isn’t that there’s too much of it; rather, it’s that we lack proper storage and transmission. And don’t blame rooftop solar.

A former public school teacher says political and religious matters should be left to parents, not teachers upset by an election result.

Grocery stores discard meat and produce that doesn’t look perfect. Airline food is thrown away. This is a problem for the climate and water supply.

A reader who supported Kamala Harris says merely talking to President-elect Donald Trump is not an act of capitulation.

A reader says that two articles on housing advocacy show the difference between helping struggling residents and sticking it to nicer neighborhoods.

Wishing for the good old days of college sports ignores something important: In those good old days, players were exploited.

A reader’s solution for a happy Thanksgiving dinner: Write down your opinions together, then discuss them four years from now.

Sheila Kuehl, who served in Sacramento and L.A. County, says it was the kind of support McBride is getting from Democrats that helped her deal with attacks.

People who cast their vote for a third-party candidate to protest the two-party system show there’s a real need for ranked-choice voting.