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'When merit and integrity become subordinate to political ideology, it creates a logjam in the confirmation process,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

'Since it is far more accurate to describe Fox News as a grossly biased propaganda arm of the Republican Party, shouldn't it also be called to account?,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

'This draconian restriction will force a "brain drain" that will only further isolate us from the rest of the world,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'The fact that Elon Musk, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, President Trump and other high-level officials did not foresee or care that millions of lives would be lost from the massive cuts they made is unconscionable,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'The hope rests with a surge of voters in the fall who will turn out with righteous indignation and vote out the current spineless political lackeys of this historically horrible president,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

'Taking the biggest of anything for bragging rights and a trophy is not very smart if you like to hunt or fish. You're killing the game for yourself and everyone else,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'[The Sustainable Groundwater Management Act] is a statewide framework, but it depends on local implementation. Issues such as fee structures, allocations and outreach are local implementation decisions,' an L.A. Times reader writes.

'What is to stop the city from citing abandoned properties, demanding cleanup, imposing large fines and, if the property owner is not compliant, the city doing the cleanup and charging the landowner for the work?,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

A proposal to eliminate civilian tenure at military academies would weaken the minds and the might of America's future leaders.

Many schools still view mothers as the default parent to contact, even when fathers are more available. That's a problem.