Editor, Gazette-Journal:

After reading Jonnie Adams’s latest letter, might I suggest a list of Rules /Strong Recommendations for those writing Letters to the Editor here.

Rule One: You cannot make demonstrably untrue assertions about a specific act of legislation, and then when called on it, claim that you were not talking about that legislation.

OMG! The Horrors of Socialized Medicine Rule: You cannot say "just talk to someone who’s lived under socialized medicine" ... apparently intending that to mean those dreaded Europeans … until you’ve talked to, say, your mother or father or anyone aged 65 or over. Medicare isn’t perfect, but it works very well and is so popular that even Republican Congressmen rush to defend it. By any relevant metric it works better than private health insurance in terms of cost, outcomes and patient satisfaction.

Which leads to the "Republican Congressmen rule," which would try to impose a semblance...