Welcome to my online diary, enjoy your stay! I will periodically post my thoughts on various issues here. I will also put links to more information and other opinions about the subjects I address. My main reason for creating this Web Log is to give me an outlet to express my views in writing and, hopefully, create a forum for others to do the same. I have strong opinions myself, but I want to provide information and opinions from all sides of the issues discussed, so I encourage you to send not only your opinions but links to web sites and other sources of information about the issues as well.
My first letter to the editor of the Richmond Times Dispatch was published on October 10, 1998. It was a response to a piece by Bevin Alexander entitled "Cool Heads Could Have Averted War" that appeared on the front page of the Commentary section on October 10, 1998. My letter brought a rather negative response that was published on October 16. Finally, I wrote a response to the response that was published about a week later. More recently, I wrote a response to a letter dealing with the same subject that appeared in the Richmond Times Dispatch on July 3, 2004 . I never sent the letter but you can read it and everything else mentioned here by clicking on the links below.