Letters

Letters: Legalizing 'Free-Range' Parenting Is a Step in the Right Direction

Readers push back on the notion that ‘free-range’ parenting laws benefit some more than others.

• Apr 12, 2018

Letters: Who Handles The Dishes?

Readers consider whether doing dishes is, in fact, the worst.

• The Conversation
• Apr 10, 2018

Letters: Is There a Difference Between a Frat and a Gang?

Readers react to Ibram X. Kendi’s essay on the similarities between fraternities and gangs—and the differences in how they’re treated.

• The Conversation
• Apr 2, 2018

Letters: How to Interpret a Poem

Readers debate the meaning of “The Road Not Taken.”

• The Conversation
• Mar 25, 2018

Letters: Why Does Gender Equality Mean Fewer Women in STEM?

Readers respond to The Atlantic’s report on a study showing that countries that empower women tend to have more men in STEM fields.

• The Conversation
• Mar 16, 2018

Letters: Why Carry a Gun?

Readers respond to David French’s essay on what critics don’t understand about gun culture.

• The Conversation
• Mar 5, 2018

Letters: Is the Munich Security Conference to Blame for the Void in International Relations?

Readers respond to Eliot Cohen’s critique of a gathering that may now have lost its way.

• The Conversation
• Mar 2, 2018

Letters: The Toll of High-Velocity Bullets

Readers respond to a Florida radiologist’s account of treating the victims from Parkland.

• The Conversation
• Feb 28, 2018

Letters: Bari Weiss vs. the 'Outrage Mobs'

Readers push back on the idea that “small differences, indignation, and an infatuation with being offended” have dominated the conversation about American identity politics.

• The Conversation
• Feb 24, 2018

Letter: Can Dogs Experience Regret?

A reader weighs in with a tale of mouth-to-muzzle resuscitation.

• The Conversation
• Feb 17, 2018

Letters: The Comments Apocalypse

Readers disagree about the merits of The Atlantic’s new online Letters section, and the decision to end comments.

• The Conversation
• Feb 8, 2018

Letter: Discussions of American Citizenship and Belonging Must Include Native Populations

A reader responds to a Radio Atlantic immigration roundtable.

• The Conversation
• Feb 4, 2018

Letter: Bilingual Education Should Be Available to All Children

A reader argues that a more desirable workforce—and a more equitable society—hangs in the balance.

• The Conversation
• Feb 3, 2018

Letter: The Crow That Hates Falafel

A reader pushes back against the human tendency to see animals as merely cute.

• The Conversation
• Feb 2, 2018

Letter: Where Charter Schools Fall Short

A reader responds to The Atlantic’s recent piece on the charter-school crusader Eva Moskowitz.

• The Conversation
• Feb 2, 2018

Letter: The Case for Tom Brady

A reader criticizes TheAtlantic.com’s editor for describing Tom Brady as “eminently hateable” and “the absolute worst.”

• The Conversation
• Feb 2, 2018

Letter: Leaving America Behind Amid the Turmoil of 1968

A reader reflects on the country’s racial struggles, then and now.

• The Conversation
• Feb 2, 2018

We Want to Hear From You

Introducing The Atlantic’s new Letters section

• Jeffrey Goldberg
• Feb 2, 2018