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“When Illusions Are All” (Week in Review, Nov. 21), an analysis of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, says, “It is worth noting that the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has been largely drained of deadly violence in the past few years.”

Second, it would be erroneous to consider the loss of an election by any individual member, related perhaps to one overriding issue, a repudiation of the Congress as a whole on all other matters coming before it.

Now a bipartisan commission proposes that we solve the long-term deficit “problem” by cutting back Social Security, Medicare and other social welfare programs. Thus the poor, the sick and the elderly would pay for the tax breaks and bailouts for the already wealthy.

One wonders where The Post expects D.C. voters to get information about candidates and issues if not, at least in part, from our local paper.

Dinesh D'Souza's criticism of President Obama as an "anti-colonialist" was confusing. Was Mr. D'Souza suggesting that Mr. Obama should be a colonialist? Whom does he propose that America colonize? Of course, I suppose it is a kind of colonialism when Republicans advocate the exploitation of the poor by extending tax cuts to the rich.

Energy and industrial lobbies only wish they had the sway the article granted them. Until environmental activists start talking to the American people about the economic costs of implementing an agenda, they will not get the popular, and therefore legislative, response they seek. Members of Congress, bless their bleak, treacherous hearts, still value getting reelected over anything else. As long as the public is not convinced that the benefits of an environmental policy outweigh the costs, Congress will not get the message from constituents that something needs to be done.

As a 9/11 family member, I applaud your Sept. 3 editorial “Mistrust and the Mosque.” I didn’t get a chance to say goodbye to my sister, Karen Klitzman, as she took her last breath on the 104th floor of Tower 1. Nor did I get a chance to ask her how she felt about the proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque, or the ensuing controversy.

NOW THAT Senator John F. Kerry has agreed to pay the taxes on his yacht (“Kerry will pay Mass. tax on R.I. yacht,’’ Page A1, July 28), the media should now play “gotcha’’ with all the Massachusetts drivers who register vehicles out of state. Better yet, maybe it’s time to look at all the businesses in the state that avoid paying their fair share of local, state, and federal taxes. I suggest starting with all the hospitals that are nonprofit organizations, but seem to make millions. It would make Kerry’s tax total seem like a drop in the ocean.

The Senate has not acted on global warming for several reasons, but not because of scant public approval. Contrary to the July 12 front-page story, public support for action on climate change remains strong. The Post's own June poll found that 71 percent favor action to "regulate the release of greenhouse gases" -- an increase since your poll in December. Americans clearly want investments in clean-energy jobs and to slash climate pollution. Whether 60 senators listen, or 41 follow big oil, is the real question.

Over the years the federal government has become the powerful central government the Anti-Federalists feared. Issues such as mandatory health care, expanding welfare programs, government takeover of private industry and an insurmountable national debt created by our elected representatives have Tea Party members as mad as hornets.