“I would love to hear a factual explanation of why you used this casual unsubstantiated insult.” — Mark Adams 

“The most salient line from Tom Brady’s press conference last week was, sadly, perhaps the most underreported: ‘This isn’t ISIS.’ ” — Lisa Erbin-Grant 

“Let’s pay attention to important issues that affect our quality of life, safety, or even perhaps our future.” — Eric Pierce 

“For people to fish, they need a fishing rod, bait, and other basic supplies.” — Katherine Mainzer 

“Low-income single mothers want to work as much as the public would like to see them work.” — Ruthie Liberman 

“Shame on Mayor Marty Walsh .” — Becky Pierce  

“Nothing justifies taking the life of another human being, especially one who has committed his life to saving the lives of others.” — Josh Kraft 

If Walsh finds it unacceptable for city workers to put public safety at risk, he should order the release of the names of police officers arrested on drunken driving charges. — Al Maze 

This is especially true given that every dollar returns between $2.69 and $5 in savings on services related to emergency shelter and access to public benefits. — Lonnie Powers 

“There is a reason why people of means engaged in . . . court-based matters involving fundamental rights retain highly trained private attorneys.” — Jonathan L. Mannina 

“What type of religious belief system failed [Brigham and Women’s shooter Stephen] Pasceri?” — Margaret Murphy 

“I wonder how they would have fared if we had become homeless.” — Miriam Stein 

It’s time for the Boston School Committee to follow through on its commitment to establish an achievement and opportunity gap task force. — Kim M. Janey 

“Why would we endorse a system that intentionally separates students?” — Dan French and Rosann Tung 

“Shira Springer’s commentary, ‘Firing of this coach not winning move,’ highlights that the obstacles women face can be witnessed closer to home.” — Amanda J. Rothschild 

“He wisely said, ‘If there is no struggle, there is no progress.’ ” — Mitch Lyons 

“I can’t stress this point enough: Get in touch with the Boston Commission for Persons with Disabilities while in the planning stage.” — Kenneth Bonacci 

“How could any reasonable regulatory agency approve Spectra Energy Corp.’s proposal to run a high-pressure gas line through the dense neighborhood abutting the quarry?” — Sally Muspratt 

“These projects are being advanced by the interests of large corporations without sufficient public debate.” — Ray Porfilio 

“If President Obama could walk on water, his critics would say, ‘Obama can’t swim.’ ” — Sean Gresh 

“We should support a president who may not be perfect but who has been better than any other alternatives presented to us.” — Carl N. Brownsberger 

Obama’s “lack of leadership experience in any sphere of endeavor, public or private, seriously diminished his chances of succeeding.” — Michael Smith 

“Overprescribing is a very real, front-line problem that the Massachusetts Medical Society must own up to.” — Patricia Hohl  

“The dramatic increase in the prescribing of opiates over the last decade holds inherent risks for patients and others in the community.” — Lynn Nicholas and Peter J. Holden 

“The National Football League is wasting its time investigating whether footballs were underinflated.” — Mark Smith