Readers respond to the sweeping grand jury report on generations of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church in Pennsylvania. 

“Many families who hire a college admissions consultant do so because they are confused about today’s admissions process, and with good reason.” 

“We decided to keep subscribing as our tiny contribution to letting Donald Trump know that enough is enough.” 

Readerss responsd to Aug. 13 Globe story on new Alzheimer’s care legislation. 

Readers respond to Margery Eagan’s Aug. 13 column, “Everything in the country is broken.” 

“Many more than will admit are ‘holding their nose’ and happy to get the Supreme Court appointments and legislation they want at any cost.” — Dale Stewart 

“The performances have grown from a series of short scenes and monologues to full-length plays, fine costumes and sets.” — J. Paul Pemsler 

Readers respond to Margery Eagan’s Aug. 13 column, “Everything in the country is broken.” 

Readers responded to an Aug. 13 Globe story on the state’s new Alzheimer’s care legislation. 

“Ty Burr’s argument against an Academy Award overlooks the primary function of the Academy, which is to stoke the profits of Hollywood, and to promote films to that end.” — Glenn Kulbako 

“The pursuit of diversity is needed not so much to amend for the past but to counteract current discrimination.” — John L. Hodge 

Readers weigh in on Jeff Jacoby’s Aug. 12 column about the Mass. Legislature. 

Readers respond to the Aug. 16 editorial, “Journalists are not the enemy.” 

Readers respond to the ongoing charges of corruption at the State Police. 

Any system of voting will inevitably raise some concerns with how accurately it translates voters’ desires in an actual election.” — Michael E. Malamut 

“States with large slave populations lobbied to have those slaves count toward their allocation of seats in the House, even though these slaves would never cast a vote.” — Richard McIntosh 

“The only answer is regulation of plastic packaging (and other materials) so that the true cost of disposal or recycling is included in the cost of the product.” — Janet Watson 

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