With regards to your International Women's Day coverage (Goodbye to the glass ceiling, March 8), it is a wonderful thing too see strong and competent woman in leadership roles.
I have no doubt they will continue with exciting programmes, encouraging attitudes and opportunities for all the women young and old.
My hope is that women will continue to propel forward in substantial ways while adding to the collective level of intelligence and much awaited technologies that are now very much on the rise.
I pray that women can reach their goals and advance in a world thatis predominantly run by the male population. But I hope they can accomplish this without allowing the blight that certain freedoms tend to bring.
In the United States, too many woman seek to enhance themselves with artificial body parts, dried-out unnatural hair colours, and so much make-up it needs to be airbrushed on in layers.
Vanity has no place in the advancement of women in the workplace. It should be based on merit, skill and dedication. Young people need these types of women to be role models.
JS David, United States
Fire safety still a major issue
Concerning your editorial about fire safety (A solution to the risk of high-rise fires, March 7), I still won't stay in high-rise buildings. It's one thing to say building contractors will adhere to the law, but it's another to actually follow it, especially if there is pressure to construct a building within a certain time limit.
Speed is normally achieved with shortcuts. I don't want to be a casualty of a shortcut.
Name withheld by request
Ferrari’s design is still a safe one
I am writing about your coverage of the Ferrari crash in Dubai (Canadian boxer and three others killed in Dubai Ferrari smash, March 7).
It is worth pointing out that the car did what it is designed to do in the event of a major crash: split itself up so the passenger “cell” remains intact while the engine bay and the front section absorb the energy.
If there had been two occupants (as the car is designed to accommodate) and both had been wearing their seat belts they may well have lived.
Kevin Hackett, Dubai
Trump is giving voice to hatred
Regarding James Zogby's latest opinion piece, (Why Trump is the thorn in the establishment's side, March 5), I feel that Mr Trump doesn't mean a lot at this moment in American politics.
Mr Trump is making declarations as though he is auditioning to be the king. He apparently doesn’t have a firm grasp on the limits of the president's power. There are checks and balances in place to keep a president from becoming a tyrant. He would become a laughable figurehead like Iran's former president Ahmadinejad. No one would take him seriously, and we would all wait four years to find out who the real president is.
Paul Martin, Al Ain
You reap what you sow, America. Sadly, Mr Trump has brought out the thoughts in the hearts of many people who were too afraid to speak out and show their true feelings.
Mr Trump is rallying the racism of the majority and it is keeping him ahead in the polls.
Daisy Tito, Dubai
What a scary scenario unfolds: right-wing governments are everywhere.
Marjorie Mclay, Dubai
Parents need to structure tech
I found your report about children and technology very stimulating (Children spending too much time hooked up to technology, March 7).
Parents need to have more rules in their households to stop this dangerous trend from continuing.
I grew up in the 1990s when the technology we take for granted today was just getting started. I was allowed to play with computers only after doing my homework and preparing for the next day. The bottom line is that children need structure.
Najla Daair, Dubai
When it comes to children and technology, it really depends on how they are using the technology and what programmes they are watching.
Russell Johnson, Abu Dhabi
