GOODBYE TO A FRIEND

To the editor: Long after the drug war bureaucrats who persecuted him are
gone and forgotten, Peter McWilliams' memory and writings will live on in
the hearts and minds of the people he touched with his wit and wisdom ("Drug
war hypocrites kill an author," June 25 Vin Suprynowicz column). The
thoughts and beliefs contained in Peter's books have had a profound effect
on many people, including myself, and his untimely and tragic passing leaves
an emptiness in many of us. I, for one, will rededicate my efforts to seeing
Peter's and our founding fathers' dreams of a free country become reality.
Peter, we'll miss you. Farewell, my friend.

Mike Plylar, Kremmling, Colo.