‘I want to thank Theo, Beaver and Urkel, and the actors who played them, for representing the good-hearted “lost boys,”’ writes an L.A. Times reader.

‘Focus on [Amanda] Gorman’s lines: “Being American is more than a pride we inherit, it’s the past we step into and how we repair it,”’ writes an L.A. Times reader.

‘On my grading scale, Trump gets an F for empathy, an F for honesty and an F for just plain human decency,’ writes an L.A. Times reader.

‘With all this power held by such a destructive president and a sycophantic Republican Congress, it is essential that Democrats gain control of Congress in the midterms,’ writes an L.A. Times reader.

‘Drastically cutting revenue to provide tax relief for the wealthiest Americans at the expense of the lower-earning households creates greater debt, which then requires cuts to essential services,’ writes an L.A. Times reader.