[Rockingham]

Actually, my eyesight IS very poor, even with glasses, but I did see the passage that you find so consequential. It is a caveat that does not detract from the main thrust of Colson's piece, which is deeply sympathetic to illegal aliens. If US law were changed as the advocates of the illegal aliens want, Colson would apparently be satisfied.

Recall if you will times that someone told you, "Yes, the Soviet Union did a lot of bad things, but . . . " What follows will then almost always be deeply sympathetic to the USSR and communism in some sense that anyone with a lick of sense will recoil from. Colson's column has the same logical structure.

He could have made his point by writing a dozen paragraphs about the evils of illegal immigration and then put in a paragraph about the need for both sides in the debate to be truthful and to avoid rhetorical excess. That I would agree with. But that is not the column that Colson wrote because those are not his views, which are sympathetic to the illegals and the legalization of their existence in this country.

[Mrs. Don-o]

Breakpoint articles are always very short. They're intended to be read on the radio in 2 minutes. If you were expecting him to do a comprehensive analysis of he impact of illegal immigration on the USA, you'd likely be disappointed.

He compeently made one point: don't lie. It's a point none of us should take exception to.

If you want him to write a different 2 - minute message, maybe you should contact him and make your suggestions.