Dear George,

The war on terror has a rival now; the media war on Howard Dean. The stronger he gets, the more he gets villified. Today he was labeled by columnist George Will as "the Dean of shallow thinkers." This is pretty funny, considering the source.

Not long before the Berlin wall came down and Communism dissolved, George Will theorized, "the sky will rain artichokes" before Russia gives up Communism. Will should stick to baseball. It's a game you can play even if you make lots of errors.

As for the artichokes, better cover your heads!

Sherwood Ross (electronic mail, December 7, 2003)