The politics of culture and TV

The Times labels Lorraine Ali a television critic. Good luck finding any television criticism in her latest anti-Trump screed [“Boos All Part of the Game,” Oct. 29]. How long before she is put where she belongs — on the Op-Ed page? Dan Salomon Mission Hills

Sometimes the wrong train takes you to the right station. Frank Rich did it, Frank Bruni did it and Ali should do it more often.

Political insight shared by nonpolitical writers brings us a more expansive human context. It’s what we need in this tumultuous period of our political evolution. Please, more brilliant human-scale observations. Arthur Auerbach Newport Beach