To the editor: St. Vincent de Paul. I am not Catholic but have felt the need to defend this honored Saint. He is a real man that lived and died devoted to helping anyone in need of help.

To the editor: Although not a socialist myself, I am happy to learn that Seattle voters elected Socialist candidate Kshama Sawant to City Council two weeks ago. There are three reasons for my praise:

To the editor: How many made-up horror stories do we have to read about that is scare tactics concerning the item of coal? I grew up on a ranch in Wyoming. We heated with coal dumped in our basement. It didn’t kill any of us. In fact, my mother lived to be 101.