To the Editor: The tarnished image of lawyers presented in John Tierney's May 13 Big City column is unfortunately too often accurate.

To the Editor: John Tierney's Feb. 22 Big City column suffers from flawed reasoning.

To the Editor: John Tierney (Big City column, April 30) analyzed the angry mail and verbal comments he received from stay-at-home moms.

To the Editor: John Tierney's suggestion that helmets are not necessary for cyclists (Big City column, Jan. 26) is wrong.

To the Editor: John Tierney (Big City column, Feb. 9) does not mention a crucial argument against school vouchers.

To the Editor: John Tierney's Aug. 12 Big City column should have addressed the root cause of the penny need: sales-tax percentages.

To the Editor: John Tierney (Big City column, Aug. 18) implies that worrying about pesticides makes little sense.

To the Editor: John Tierney complains of being inconvenienced by "union whistle-blowers on my street" (Big City column, Jan. 8).

To the Editor: John Tierney's March 4 Big City column is right on target.

To the Editor: The great penny shortage simply requires a good rationale to kill the penny (Big City column, Aug. 12).