Boiling mad

Re “A slow boil in a clawless frontier,” Column One, July 2

Once again, I am appalled at the state of our nation. A man and his wife try to make a living selling crayfish, and the government hammers down on them.

We can buy poison in a bag of cigarettes, pesticides -- but crayfish? Makes this former Californian want to just sit down and cry.

Andrew Masset

Roswell, Ga.

We need to tell the Nevada Legislature or wildlife officials what we think of this. Go raid a pot farm; leave these people alone.

I looked into farming lobsters at one point. I now own a vineyard in northwest Illinois. Are they going to come after my vines?

Gene Walerius

Albany, Ill.