Letters editor | The Seattle Times

August 17, 2018 at 4:34 pm

Free-press editorials: ‘Not enough’ | Letter to the editor

Three-hundered newspapers across the country pushed back on President Donald Trump’s statement that the press is the enemy of the people. There is power in...

August 17, 2018 at 4:30 pm

Free-press editorials ‘Very disappointed’ | Letter to the editor

I was very disappointed that you did not support The Boston Globe call for editorial pages to support freedom of the press . This is...

August 17, 2018 at 4:21 pm

Free-press editorials: Change of heart | Letter to the editor

Thank you for clarifying The Seattle Times’ stance on the enemies-of-the-people initiative. At first I was very upset that The Times had not participated, but...

August 17, 2018 at 12:28 pm

Unlearning racism: Classes a great idea | Letter to the editor

Kudos for printing the article “A class in unlearning racism.” Two news stories from early August out of California about attacks on Sikh men are...

August 17, 2018 at 12:25 pm

Aretha Franklin: Greatness and grace | Letter to the editor

On Thursday, the alarm awoke me with music. With the first note, I recognized her voice. With the second, I knew. With the next, a...

August 17, 2018 at 12:23 pm

Tahlequah: Call to action | Letter to the editor

Thank you for publishing Lucinda George Simpson’s beautifully written opinion piece full of wisdom. Now is the time for all of us to take Tahlequah’s...

August 16, 2018 at 4:18 pm

Working-class woes: Who is to blame? | Letter to the editor

Re: “A lesson for today in Tacoma’s fall and Seattle’s rise in the 1890s”: If Populists of the 1890s are to be criticized for having...

August 16, 2018 at 4:16 pm

Pot-store waste: A recycling idea | Letter to the editor

Re: “Waste from pot industry clogs sewers, landfills”: My friends and I, having found ourselves with plastic doob tubes, have been discussing what to do...

August 16, 2018 at 3:11 pm

Waterfront transit: Long-term strategies | Letter to the editor

I was pleased to read in the article “Free tourist buses now ply Seattle’s hectic waterfront” that businesses along the waterfront have partnered with the...

August 15, 2018 at 4:06 pm

Smoky air: Ban backyard fires | Letter to the editor

Re: “Will smoky summer weeks become Seattle’s new norm?”: We are well into another week of very dirty air, but the Puget Sound Clean Air...