Letter Of The Day

Talk about flip-flopping and being immoral and hypocritical, consider the debate over the Supreme Court nomination of Harriet Miers.

During previous judicial confirmation debates, especially including the nomination of Chief Justice John Roberts, right-wing leaders insisted that any mention of a nominee's faith — or even indirect implication that his or her faith might influence judicial opinions — would be evidence of rank religious bigotry. But now, President Bush and leaders of the religious right rallying around the nomination of Miers cite her religious beliefs and the church she attends as reasons to believe she will oppose abortion rights — and to bolster support for her among activists on the far right.

What's wrong for John Roberts can't be right for Harriet Miers.

-Frank P. Belcastro, Dubuque.

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