Flinter: However, there was one little problem. We were the only attendees.

Leopold: I write not take issue with your critique of my data selection. You are right to point out other measures could show Tennessee in a better light.

Arthur: In the April 4th issue (“We Need a Bypass,” Frank Talk), Frank Cagle argues that Republicans “rejected over $1 billion in federal funds” to show Obama “who’s boss.” That’s not the case.

Wilson: Your fake-cover ads are clever, but attention should be paid to the content of the cover story in relation to the product being advertised.

Mosley: Our state is every bit as beautiful as Georgia or the Carolinas, yet we allow a few heedless people to trash the view for everyone else.

Smith: I ask you to put your skills toward convincing me of the federal government’s constitutional authority to deny its citizens their Second Amendment rights or the right to make their own health care choices.

Habercom: It is historically important. It will influence thinking. Excellent work.

Murrah and Adams: Tribe One has played an important role in our community for many years and we, like others, mourn its passing. Perhaps more than others, we also own an intimate knowledge of the organization and the financial burden ...

Headrick: In order to strip skin off the backs of low-income workers making less than $15,415 per year (2012 dollars), Gov. Haslam refused to accept $730.7 million from the feds to supply TennCare to 144,500 low-income Tennesseans in 2014.

Anderson: As Senate Bill 1005 and House Bill 948 go up for another committee vote today, March 26, higher-education employees question the full cost analysis and the potential risk that this “reform” may cost taxpayers more in the long run, ...

Bodnar: Even fewer are aware that the word “tips” is an acronym for “To Insure Prompt Service.” Because income is dependent on performance, this system offers workers an incentive to provide adequate service.

Spencer: Our own education system is destroying our children’s future.

Perkins: There is a painting of the famous musician Roy Acuff on the ground floor in the Museum of East Tennessee History located on Gay Street. Can anyone else help?

Letterman: My point about “current education” should have been directed at the fact students are taught to take “the test,” not to assemble the facts and come to a logical conclusion.

Ogle: Congratulations to Knoxville’s Black Lillies and kudos to Ryan Reed for a great cover story!