Perhaps it was the long, wet winter or its abrupt transformation into a hot, humid summer, but my own vision seems to have been obscured by low-lying fog in May and June. Below, I revisit several columns from those days that prompted particularly vigorous - and persuasive - disagreement from readers.[...] A woman wanted to build a lakeside dock but feared that applying for a permit would alert the authorities to her neighbors' unauthorized docks. I stated that her neighbors' flouting the law did not require her to do likewise, but instead of quitting while I was ahead, I...