I wrote a long email to Cynthia Tucker, an editorial writer for the AJC. She usually ticks me off, though sometimes I agree with her. Not this time. Anyway, she took the time to rebut my response, and asked if she could print my response. I think she meant as a column, not just a letter to the editor. I said that would be fine as long as I got to see/approve the edited version beforehand. They've edited some of my letters before to the point where my meaning was altered, and once I think I came off looking a like bigot. I don't think it's their policy to let me approve their edits, so I may have knocked myself out of my first major newspaper column, but it's worth it to keep the integrity of my thoughts.