CharlesRoth’s lettertitled “Empty Robe” in the Oct. 3 issue of The SandPaper reminded me of a phrase I found printed above a bar in a beer hall in Germany, which I visited while serving in the U.S. Air Force during the Cuban Missile Crisis. It read: “Glaub nicht gleich alles was du hoerst.”

And, after thatvery bizarre politically inspired spectacle we all witnessedlast week in Washington, those wisewords have never been more necessary.