A life in letters.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the editor)

In your January 28 issue ("The Week"), you refer to a letter to the editor that I wrote to the New York Times, published on January 3, 2008. You state that my claim of being "a life-long Republican until the candidacy of George W. Bush" is a lie. Where do you come off calling me a liar, when my published letter clearly states that I was a lifelong Republican before the candidacy of George W. Bush? I am extremely proud to be an activist and an independent voter in 2008. I am also quite proud of the fact that the Times (and other papers) have published 27 of my letters since 2003.

I voted for Ronald Reagan twice and George H. W. Bush twice. When the younger Bush became a candidate, I could not in good conscience continue to support the Republican party. I demand that you publish this letter with an apology, and refrain from calling people liars without any basis whatsoever to do so!

Henry A. Lowenstein

New York, N.Y.

THE EDITORS RESPOND:

Consider a few more nuggets from Mr. Lowenstein's missives to the Gray Lady. He says that "the money spent on the war in Iraq could cover a national health care program for all Americans." If only America had courageous leaders, he claims, they would "impose a $1-to-$3 increase in the tax on gasoline." He praises as "exemplary" John Kerry's "record on health care, the ...