MORE PRESSING PROBLEMS

Re: "We can't ignore spread, availability of 'cheese,' " by Sen. John
Cornyn, Tuesday Letters.

Sen. John Cornyn is right to want to stop the spread of dangerous
drugs, but this problem can be addressed by agencies in the public
and private domains.

Perhaps, as a U.S. senator, Mr. Cornyn should devote his time to
pressing issues that can be resolved only by Congress and the executive branch.

The failed immigration bill, a lack of consensus regarding Iraq, no
apparent alternative energy strategy and a crisis in health care are
the responsibility of leadership in Washington to resolve.

As horrendous a plague as is heroin use, its impact is not near that
of other problems. Could it be Mr. Cornyn is looking for a
noncontroversial issue to distract his constituents from Washington's
inability to solve big problems?

David Armstrong, Poetry