Re: “Ruff riders: Sound Transit will soon allow dogs on board” (July 25, A1): Although providing mass transit alternatives to increasing automobile traffic is admirable, I wondered where exactly Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine and members of the agen…

How thoroughly ironic to have “Washington officials rip Trump order on homelessness as ‘unjust, obscene’ ” (July 26, A1) and Andrew Constantino’s op-ed “Seattle’s ‘harm reduction’ approach around drugs perpetuates the harm” (July 26, Opinion) run in sa…

Re: “Found! A U.S. government service that works” (July 27, Opinion): My cousin worked for the State Department for decades, both as a contract employee and as a staff employee. As stated in the column by Michael Hiltzik, the online passport renewal sy…