In the wake of a UN panel’s dire warning on climate change, calls are renewed for a carbon tax. 

“The practice preferentially offers the opportunity of a Harvard education to a select few.” 

“We see the toll that mental health and addiction disorders take every day in our cities and towns in Massachusetts.” 

“We should install a heart” where the Citgo sign is. 

“The idea of assessing fees to gather and speak has caught on in other communities, specifically Washington, D.C.” 

“For patients and the public, this outside income undermines their confidence that Dana-Farber and the other hospitals have only their interests at heart.” 

“When the White House abandons the American value of the importance of the family for some groups, we all become vulnerable.” 

“It is now up to organizations across the state to implement these recommendations.” 

“In my decades of nursing experience, I have witnessed few physicians who were comfortable discussing death.” 

Senator Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test results were released to decidedly mixed reviews. 

“We may be challenged by the rising tide of our own refugees.” 

The Trump administration is considering restrictions on protests in public spaces in Washington. 

“The need for a supermajority vote might well induce future presidents to tack to the center rather than to the extremes.” 

“As a resident of the building across the street [from the Westin], our lives have been upended by the noise.” 

Alex Beam took a shot at the oldest senators on the Judiciary Committee. Many readers were not amused. 

“No one should have an unlimited entitlement to any federal position of power.” 

A number of features of last week’s transportation issue drew reaction from Ideas readers. 

Jeff Jacoby’s column on the fallibility of memory in the Kavanaugh case prompted reaction from readers. 

Readers were divided over the reemergence of Hillary and Bill Clinton. 

Readers respond to the city’s call for public input on Mayor Walsh’s proposal for the future of Long Island. 

“If Kavanaugh were to show up to teach classes, the revulsion would be great, as would the tumult.” 

“The Matthean idea of Peter as the ‘rock’ has led to one-true-churchism — questionable theology and spirituality.” 

“Democrats have squandered the apparent lead they held heading into the midterm election.” 

“Who’s going to apologize to Christine Blasey Ford on behalf of the American people?” 

“A good stir and an armful of dried leaves or other high-carbon material is the cure” for unpleasant odors.