When I write critical columns about U.S. policies and politics, I occasionally strike a nerve and get enraged letters from readers denouncing me as a traitor or suggesting I am providing grist for our nation's enemies.
I've been told, for instance, that I should move to China because I'm anti-American. And when I raised the possibility of negotiations to end the war in Ukraine, I was accused of being Vladimir Putin's lapdog.
I've never taken such accusations seriously because, while I'm sure I write things that many readers disagree with, I know I'm not a shill or an apologist or a propagandist for America's adversaries.
