The American Spectator

p>Limit the government to providing defense, water, sewer, firemen and policemen. Turn people loose, let us be free, and freedom will provide all that we require. br> — Nelson Ward br> Cowles, New Mexico /p> p> FWIW br> Re: Letters (under “Go Home, Senator”) in Reader Mail’s McCain Migraine : /p> p>For your readers expounding on John McCain, his 83 percent lifetime (though 2005) rating from the American Conservative Union places him squarely in the middle of Republican senators — neither the most conservative, but far from the most liberal. FYI only. br> — Paul DeSisto br> Cedar Grove, New Jersey /p> p> REGRET THE TERROR br> Re: Brooke M. Goldstein’s Mark Steyn Is Not Alone : /p>

I love your stuff, but don’t you have fact checkers? In Brooke Goldstein’s article “Mark Steyn Is Not Alone” is written: “A MAJOR PLAYER on this front is Khalid bin Mahfouz, a wealthy Egyptian who resides in Saudi Arabia.”

p>Those of us who have been bankers in Saudi Arabia know that the Bin Mahfouz family is of Yemeni not Egyptian orgin. See here . br> — Michael Barger br> San Francisco, California /p>