Another letter to the Bee

Regarding the article "Coming Home -- But Not for Good," I must strenuously object to Cynthia Hubert's use of quotation marks around the words war on terror. That implies the concept of "so-called" war, and it is a mischaracterization of the life-and-death struggle in which we are engaged. It was an insult to the young man who is serving his country so valiantly.

In the same issue of the Bee, I was mildly amused by the words of Richard Lee, the founder of the outrageous Oaksterdam U, which teaches people how best to circumvent federal law against marijuana. He said, "My basic idea is to try to professionalize the industry, and have it taken seriously as a real industry, just like beer and distilling hard alcohol." So, what he is saying is that he represents an enterprise the product of which can be disabling, and whose misuse has destroyed countless lives. How proud he must be.