To the Editor: Bob Herbert ignored much of the relevant evidence in writing his June 4 column on the minimum wage.

To the Editor: After reading Bob Herbert's June 10 column on Nike and its endorsers, I am struck again by our cupidity.

To the Editor: Jane E. Brody, in her June 24 column on poison ivy, advises sufferers to call a dermatologist.

To the Editor: David Brooks's June 15 column identifies the difference between Republicans and Democrats in terms that go back to ancient Greece.

(Oh yes, and that's not even counting your comment on "the oatmeal disability," in the June 26 column.)

To the Editor: Bill Keller's June 29 column broke my heart.

To the Editor: It was flattering to recognize my words in Paul Krugman's June 4 column about economic ideologies.

To the Editor: I was pleased to see William Safire's June 21 column pointing out that state lotteries are a type of regressive taxation.

To the Editor: Nicholas D. Kristof's June 18 column about the Bush administration's retreat on women's rights in third-world countries deserves a serious national discussion.

To the Editor: David Brooks begins his June 8 column by pointing out: "Evil, meanwhile, contains the seeds of its own destruction.