Readers respond to an editorial urging restoration of the Northern Avenue Bridge. 

“Even the most cursory visit to Alewife in recent years would have made those risks apparent even to those without a construction engineering background.” — Robert Galford 

“This headline could have been a tweet by the current president.” — Tamiko Beyer 

“Thanks . . . to Nestor Ramos for his insightful plea that, here in Boston, we must all find the better angels of our nature in dealing with each other.” — William D. Kickham 

“I’ll miss it terribly, but I’ll never drink it again.” — Sam R. Hamburg 

Readers respond to Globe stories about the resegregation of the Boston’s public schools.  

“Thank you for John D. Spooner’s thoughtful, uplifting-inspiring ‘Ghosts and summer roses.’ ” — Marie Rawlings 

The work that trial judges and ADAs do on an everyday basis is fraught with unforeseen consequences.”— Patrick J. Daly 

“Her life was a study in greatness among 20th century women.” — Peter J. Cotch 

Specialists and advocates respond to Beth Teitell’s Aug. 6 piece on senior housing.  

“Let’s put aside the meaningless designation of IQ.” — Andy Rangell 

“The Trump administration has made plenty of alarming changes in regulations. This guideline just doesn’t happen to be one of them.” — Joel Rosen 

“We were delighted to see ‘Signs of life for Olmstead gem.’ ” Pam Beale, Parker James, Karen Mauney-Brodek 

“The only purpose of that click was to get back top dollar.” — Dr. Samuel Shem 

“As long as women were viewed as mere baby-carrying vessels, there was no need to consider their feelings.” — Ruth Nemzoff 

Readers respond to Jeff Jacoby’s column regarding an incident of alleged racism at Smith College. 

“[T]he Democratic Party struggles with sloganeering because its leadership does not talk the talk nor does it walk the walk.” — Vivian Tseng 

Readers respond to Leila Philip’s op-ed, “Bullets save wildlife.” 

That device is called a flare gun and it is more lethal than any weapon that the average person can build by downloading 3-D specs from a website. 

“Getting in and out of Boston, finding and paying for parking, doesn’t make the trip worth it.” — Sandra Robinson 

“A democracy is fragile and vulnerable, and all people need to work to save it from disintegrating.” 

“It will be important for this growth to be transit-oriented so that the trips it creates do not exacerbate congestion.” 

“Traffic problems highlight population pressure. We see this here and around the globe.” 

We “hope that the relatively small differences that led the governor to return the bill to the Legislature can be resolved.” 

“I was proud to support this action by being one of the 11 arrested.”