Opinion: Random sentences from reader mail

This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts.

‘I know — my mentally ill mother punched me in the jaw when I was 14 for saving her life when she tried to commit suicide.’

‘It’s no wonder Americans are in such debt.’

‘Birmingham dropout Tony Tacen works in construction.’

‘I propose we buy every insurgent, Taliban fighter, militant Islamist and freedom fighter a Barcalounger, satellite television and central heating and air conditioning.’

‘We should use our brains before acting and not make the mistakes we’ve made in the last six years.’

‘What are state or federal regulations on tinted windshields and windows?’

‘The Times overlooks three schools that have managed to succeed — West Point and the Naval and Air Force academies.’

‘The first thought that crosses one’s mind is, what was slipped into the ‘dozens of other measures’ that we won’t know about until it’s too late?’

What does it all mean? What else are people saying? Find out in Letters.