Dear Mr. Williams,
I've enjoyed reading your columns for years and rarely if ever do I disagree with you. I was hoping for your permission to post your article, Ignorance reigns supreme, on a website that I am in the process of building. Myself and 3 neighbors, have started a campaign to enact a law in our state of PA, which we hope will spread nationwide. Our campaign is called "I Swear To Uphold." We have one objective. When a politician is elected into office, whether it be local, state or federal, that elected official will place their left hand on the Bible, raise their right and then "swear" to uphold the Constitution. Our belief, is that many of these elected officials have never once actually read the Constitution, so therefore, it would be rather difficult for them to swear to uphold something that they have never taken the time to understand.

So our goal is have legislation enacted that would place a requirement on anyone pursuing running for office. And that requirement would be that before 'throwing your hat in the ring', that hopeful politician will have to first take and pass a college level course in Constitutional Law. We fully understand that this will not solve all of the problems that happen every single day in politics where politicians completely ignore or are ignorant of their sworn promise to uphold the Constitution. Our hope is that one day, somewhere in the future, when Congress will be voting on a law that if enacted will strip away some more of our Constitutional rights, that maybe that deciding vote will be placed by someone who took and passed that college level course, and has a little bit better understanding of their sworn promise, and will place their vote based on that promise.

I would assume that you know Nat Hentoff, another national syndicated columnist. I have spoken with Nat and he thought our idea was a wonderful idea and he plans to write an article about it in the near future, as soon as we have the website fully functional. My request to you, is for your permission to place your article on the website to reinforce the unfortunate reality that so many people are so ignorant of civic and political affairs. And as you stated in your article, 'with limited thinking abilities and knowledge of our heritage, we Americans set ourselves up as easy prey for charlatans, hustlers and quacks.'

I hope to hear from you soon.

Michael Pultro