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Dennis W. Organ, Editor
I've never fully endorsed the maxim that a picture is worth a thousand words. As an academic whose tool of choice is the verbal medium, I insist that a few well-chosen words can convey a message more precisely, reliably, and profoundly than any picture.
But as an enthusiastic photographer (and manic buyer of new digital cameras), I fully appreciate the value of pictures when the right words are hard to come by. And right now, I just can't summon the words that would be appropriate for commenting on the tragedies of September 11 of this year. Much has already been said by President Bush, CNN, and the write-in letters published in your …