Editor, Gazette-Journal:

I am concerned about the constant stream of right-wing/paranoid political missives that appear regularly in the Letters-to-the-Editor section of this newspaper and am writing to implore the reading audience to not remain silent if you disagree with the regular extremist contributors.

And now we have a new correspondent, Mr. Ken Larson, ranting about NPR taking advertising money from Al Jazeera, the Qatar news and broadcast organization "known for circumventing censorship and contributing to the free exchange of information in the Arab world," and the fact that our tax dollars support an organization that does business with "this disgusting new ‘sponsor.’" He wants us to believe that these two things should be mutually exclusive when, in fact, it makes perfect sense.

If NPR received ad support from the Fox Broadcasting Company, would Mr. Larson enjoy his programming? Probably he would and although I abhor Fox News, I certainly don’t car...