• Christ's example
Re: "Refusal to consider women for priesthood a sin," Your Opinions, Nov. 19.

• Ill-conceived drug war undermines our security
Neither presidential candidate has the courage to honestly address our biggest foreign policy problem: the global war on drugs. From opium in Afghanistan to cocaine in South America and methamphetamine in Mexico, our drug war keeps pulling us into expensive and futile conflicts.

• Job banks are win-win
Re: "Where to draw the line on bailout?" Your Opinions, Nov. 14.

• King survivors come up short
Re: "History's made, and Kings want a cut," Other Opinions, Nov. 18.

• Lose Deuce? That's crazy
Re: "Deuce's days at the Dome numbered?," Sports, Nov. 18.

• Oversight needed at City Hall
Re: "Nagin: Trash talk at hearing over line," Page 1, Nov. 14.

• At youth center, training is key
Re: "City dragging its feet on Youth Study Center," Your Opinions, Nov. 11.

• Cleanup has ripple effect
Re: "Crime falls as Jefferson cleans up," Metro, Nov. 16.

• Higher ed doesn't always pay
Re: "Graduate studies pay off in lifetime earnings," Your Opinions, Nov. 8.

• Jindal will stand up to scrutiny
Re: "Media attack GOP's stars," Your Opinions, Nov. 17.

• Refusal to consider women for priesthood a sin
Re: "Vatican might expel activist priest," Page 1, Nov. 12.

• Audit overdue but welcome
Re: "Bridge to elsewhere: West Bankers tired of having tolls finance distant projects," Other Opinions, Nov. 9.

• Council responsible for guarding city resources
The purpose of the New Orleans City Council's budgeting process is not limited to keeping our taxes in line with other parishes; it is also the council's job to make sure that our tax dollars are spent responsibly.

• Pajamas wrap children in love
Re: "Pajama project helps mom sleep," Nov. 9.

• Pro-choice vs. pro-abortion
Re: "Eugenics," Your Opinions, Nov. 16.

• Racism is alive and well
Re: "Band's debut eclipses Sun incident," Metro, Nov. 16.

• Tying college aid to degrees could backfire
Re: "New financing proposal would reward colleges and universities that graduate more students," Metro, Nov. 10.

• Charge of abuse avoids real issue
Re: "Nagin: Trash talk at hearing over line," Page 1, Nov. 14.

• Media attack GOP's stars
Re: "Boxers, briefs or silks?" Other Opinions, Nov. 13.

• Multicultural? That's us
Re: "Society isn't black and white," Your Opinions, Nov. 13.

• Taxpayers paying big bonuses
I am deeply troubled to hear that the Bush bailout of financial institutions may be used to pay billions of dollars in bonuses at Wall Street financial firms.

• Union was not to blame for struggling schools
Re: "Say no to the union," Our Opinions, Nov. 13.

• Corps shows lack of commitment to restoration
Re: "River diversion slated for closure," Page 1, Nov. 7.

• Frivolous spending must stop
Re: "Sanitation Chief accused of lying to N.O. council," Page 1, Nov. 13.

• Love thy neighbor, renters too
Re: "Renters aren't good neighbors," Your Opinions, Nov. 12.

• Mayor shows lack of judgment
Re: "Nagin: Trash talk at hearing over line," Page 1, Nov. 14.

• N.O. unites behind a winner
Re: "The role of race," Page 1, Nov. 9.

• Support new DA with funds
Re: "Cannizzaro set to take oath next week: Financing shortfall among first hurdles," Metro, Nov. 11.

• Check record, then act
Re: "Nagin: Trash talk at hearing over line," Page 1, Nov. 14.

• Democracy lives on information
Re: "Making a difference? Stop that!" Your Opinions, Nov. 10.

• Make the stakeholders pay
Re: "$25 billion sought for automakers," Page 1, Nov. 11.

• Nagin speaks too soon, again
Re: "Nagin accuses Head of verbal abuse," Page 1, Nov. 13.

• Voter sees double standard in scrutiny of ballots
Re: "The role of race," Page 1, Nov. 9.

• Crime coalition backs Letten
The New Orleans Crime Coalition wholeheartedly supports Jim Letten remaining as our U.S. Attorney.

• Feds' recovery coordinator sees progress
Re: "City, agency OK blight fight plan," Page 1, Nov. 7.

• Krauthammer overlooks GOP's shortcomings
Re: "Economy collapsed,

• Law reveals families in crisis
Re: "Teenage wasteland," Our Opinions, Nov. 13.

• What are we subsidizing?
Taxpayers are being asked to help the auto industry, and I think we are entitled to know what we would be subsidizing.

• Bring back flogging?
If he's guilty, Former Citizens Insurance Chief Terry Lisotta should be flogged -- but only after each and every current and former Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. policyholder who is still waiting for relief has had an opportunity to throw one stone.

• Cameras costly, ineffective
Re: "Clearer picture sought on cameras," Page 1, Nov. 12.

• Entergy disputes information given to public
Re: "Entergy goes behind closed, corporate doors," Front Page, Nov. 5.

• Society isn't black and white
Re: "The role of race," Page 1, Nov. 9.

• To raise money, punish blight
Wednesday I drove past the empty and rotting shopping center at South Carrollton Avenue and Bienville Street. There is also the empty old Bohn Ford building and Mercy Hospital in the same area.

• We struggled, CEO partied
Re: "Audit rips spending by ex-chief of Citizens," Page 1, Nov. 11.

• Cartoonist wrong about press
Re: Political cartoon: "Obama to get a dog," Page B-6 Nov. 7.

• Keep the competition friendly
I am absolutely sickened by the burning of the Nick Saban "effigy" Friday night in Baton Rouge.

• Letten should stay, Vitter says
Re: "Landrieu voices support for Letten," Nov. 8

• Some ideas can't be supported
In recent letters to the editor, some people write what is pretty and sounds like the correct thing to say. They write that we should all support President-elect Obama. I wish they had expressed exactly what they meant when they say to "support" him.

• Voters better than 'really smart people' think
Re: "The role of race," Page 1, Nov. 9.

• Avoid taxes, aid charity
As we all know, with the election of Barack Obama those who net $250,000 or more per year will see their federal income taxes go up. Those who net less than that will see their federal income taxes go down (most Americans actually pay FICA only and not much in personal income taxes).

• City dragging its feet on Youth Study Center
In 2007, Richard Winder, director of the Department of Human Services, asked the City Council for a $500,000 increase to his department's budget. Winder stated the increase would ensure the implementation of plans to fix the problems at the Youth Study Center.

• Diversion essential to survival
Re: "River diversion slated for closure," Page 1, Nov. 17.

• New low? Open eyes
Re: "Dreading a new low in D.C.," Your Opinions, Nov. 6.

• Quit pushing morals on others
Re: "Victory in California heartens activists," Page A2, Nov. 8.

• Renters aren't good neighbors
Re: "St. Bernard must move on," Your Opinions, Nov. 4.

• Bike paths would be nice
Many thanks to the Jefferson Chamber, Newell Normand and the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office, and the many sponsors and volunteers for a wonderful bike experience, the Tour de Jefferson, Sunday.

• High expectations
Re: "Dreading a new low in D.C.," Your Opinions, Nov. 6.

• Making a difference? Stop that!
Kudos to Steve Kelley for his Nov. 7 cartoon brilliantly and accurately portraying the media as Barack Obama's lapdog.

• Praying
Re: "Nation makes an inspiring choice," Your Opinions, Nov. 6.

• St. Bernard chooses to rebuild at its own pace
Re: "St. Bernard must move on," Your Opinions, Nov. 4.

• 18-year-olds proud to vote
My 18-year-old son voted Tuesday for the first time. As he waited in line, some people standing directly behind him decided to voice their opinion on 18-year-olds voting: "Eighteen-year-olds shouldn't be here voting. They don't know what's going on. They should be in school."

• Church's founder is in charge
Re: "Many parishioners move on, but some vow to stay," Page 1, Nov. 3.

• Contractor-friendly FEMA working as intended
Re: "Old FEMA redux," Our Opinions, Nov. 4.

• Eastern N.O. still waiting
I am a resident of eastern New Orleans. While driving to a doctor's appointment in West Jefferson Parish, I marveled at all of the businesses I saw along Manhattan Boulevard and Lapalco Boulevard. Why can't New Orleans East experience this type of commercial development?

• No argument
I like it when I'm asked about the recent election, because I get to share a brief story.

• Support our new commander
I am amazed at the number of people who can foretell the future now that the election is over. Some see nothing but blue skies and sunny days, while others see gloom and doom. Would one of these fortunetellers please contact me prior to this weekend and help me pick the teams to bet on?

• Graduate studies pay off in lifetime earnings
Re: "A tight job market is causing more college students to put off joining the workforce in favor of graduate programs," Money, Nov. 2.

• Jindal running for . . . what?
Re: "Jindal rises in GOP's next generation," Page 1, Nov. 6.

• Not in the mood for increase
Re: "Tax idea raked over the coals," Metro, Nov. 6.

• Rental subsidies best avoided
Re: "Many displaced renters remain on their own," Page 1, Oct. 31.

• Support DA to create a better city
I would like to urge all citizens of New Orleans to support Leon Cannizzaro, our new district attorney.

• A change, but not a good one
It amazes me and others how anyone can explain Barack Obama's victory other than in terms of race.

• Don't glorify plotters
Re: "Skinhead plot was dead on arrival," Page A5. Oct. 29.

• Opinions ignore real progress made by FEMA
It is unfortunate that The Times-Picayune continues its biased trend to blindly criticize FEMA without even a hint of balance or comprehension of the full picture. But you outdid yourself Nov. 4 by contradictory claims in two opinion pieces in the same issue.

• Waking up to a new America
I awoke Wednesday morning with the feeling that the "I got mine" mentality might be coming to an end: the mentality of tax breaks for the very rich, of ignoring health care, of building bigger and better jails instead of bigger and better schools, of trampling on the Constitution.