To the editor:

My wife and I cannot for the life of us understand why you would so frequently publish the biblical rantings of a certain Carl Burkhead in the letters section. It seems the man is some kind of frustrated would-be pastor with a dire need to blame all of the problems of our complicated modern world on people not prostrating themselves before some Iron Age orthodoxy without bothering to actually maintain any sort of brick-and-mortar tabernacle because your paper regularly gives him a venue for his Old Testament nonsense.

Please, for the love of Carl’s god, stop giving him this platform and open up a little space for more thoughtful dialogue. I’m sure you won’t publish this, but if the editor would be kind enough to consider our request, the world (Journal-World and otherwise) will be a better place for it.