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Letters to the editor
Dates shown here are dates of posting. All blurbs are by Nicholas Strakon.
April 12 and 18, 2013
• Senior editor Ronn Neff's article of March 28, "Gunplay," has elicited comments by a reader, which in turn have prompted replies by Mr. Neff.
February 14, 2012
• Senior editor Ronn Neff comments on Andy Nowicki's column of February 12, "The Obama contraception tyranny."
• My Strakon Lights Up column of February 11, "Why they hate religion — or Christianity, at least," attracted comment from a reader and in return moved me to expand on a certain question.
January 26, 2012 — Dr. Joseph Audie's article of January 12, "We're so wonderful!", has prompted a reader to comment.
January 7, 2012 — Henry Gallagher Fields's January 4 essay on Ron Paul sparked what for us is an avalanche of reader mail. Mr. Fields and I provide what we trust are appropriate and helpful replies.
June 14, 2011 — A young reader surveys our broken liberty and the moonscape of our civilization, and asks, "What do we do?" I offer a response that I hope is only preliminary.
October 21, 2010 — Dr. Stephen J. Sniegoski's tribute to the late Joe Sobran has prompted a reader to offer some adverse criticism of Joe, and Ronn Neff, our senior editor, comments in turn. TLD readers have also chimed in.
Update — October 27, 2010 — Our reader replies to the comments of Mr. Neff and our readers; and I comment on that reply.August 27, 2010 — David T. Wright's essay of
April 16, 2010 — A reader of Dr. Joseph Audie's essay "Standard American doublethink: Maxims and anti-maxims" asks a question and receives an answer from Dr. Audie as well as a brief comment from me.
March 27, 2008 — Dr. F. Roger Devlin's review-essay "The feminine sexual counter-revolution and its limitations" provokes comments from a reader, and Dr. Devlin replies. I chime in, too.
October 11, 2007 — A reader offers Ronn Neff a kudos for his Addendum to his 2002 exchange with Jacob Hornberger on libertarian activism.
October 10, 2007 — In July 2007, a reader of Ronn Neff's 1998 article "Realism does not equal defeatism" posed a question to Mr. Neff. I am grateful to that reader for prompting our senior editor to produce one of his most penetrating and magnificent essays, which I am proud to publish today.
I have placed the letter and the essay on separate pages, but I have of course interlinked them.
The letterJune 24, 2007 — Starting out with praise for some of Dr. Stephen J. Sniegoski's writings, a reader soon takes a sharp turn that evokes a response.Mr. Neff's reply: "Think globally, act individually"
May 18, 2007 — An old friend of TLD takes me to task for my Strakon Lights Up column of May 18, "Heidi and the African." Other readers offer their thoughts, too, and I provide some comment of my own.
April 28, 2007 — A reader objects to Douglas Olson's racial analysis in his column on New Orleans, and Mr. Olson replies. I also horn in, and senior editor Ronn Neff offers a comment as well