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Politically motivated violence in the contemporary United States is not an equivalent problem on both the left and the right.

An L.A. Times reader asks, 'Isn't it time to be more creative in coming up with more realistic and potentially effective ways to solve the problem?'

'We must respond to cuts that are devastating the California economy and the services we all rely upon,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Few families can afford such costs, which leads to animal abandonment and diminished care,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'Evidently, Trump's vanity is more important than our healthcare, protections against natural disasters, the integrity of our financial institutions and so many other necessities,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'My white Afrikaner friends are appalled at the absolutely untrue portrayal of their society and the shameful bullying of their president by ours,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

Biden, bless his heart, is boring. Trump clamors to be the bride at every wedding and the corpse at every funeral. Guess who got the attention?

An L.A. Times reader highlights a piece of legislation that would keep monkeys 'in the wild -- where they belong.'

'The current U.S. administration seems intent on making it more difficult to be part of our nation, but the trend should be toward the elimination of borders,' writes an L.A. Times reader.

'We know the pipeline is old, corroded and unsafe,' writes an L.A. Times reader. 'We know it is a rupture just waiting to happen.'