(Topics of the Times, Sept. 11) disturbing.

Strunsky's most notable contributions to the Times were his editorial-page essays titled "Topics of the Times."

Although it now competes with such departments as "Editorial Observer" and is infrequently seen nowadays, "Topics of the Times" remains a popular feature of the paper.

To the Editor: "Hooting at Owls" (Topics of The Times, Dec. 14) has a hidden lesson in it.

(Topics of The Times: "Vote Yes on Shelters," Dec. 17.)

To the Editor: I read "Unhappy Harbinger" (Topics of the Times, March 6) with particular interest.

"Topics of the Times; Profiles m Opportunism," New York Times, November 11, 1994.

To judge by current journalistic fashion, you should be experiencing a frisson, a French term for shiver or shudder" (Topics of The Times, July 26).

To the Editor: "Fishing for Votes on Saturday" (Topics of The Times, Sept. 9) is notable for insensitivity.

That is the only appropriate response to "Greed, Sequestered" (Topics of The Times, Feb. 28).