Keith Burgess-Jackson, J.D., Ph.D.

To the Editor:

“Reclaiming America’s Soul,” by Paul Krugman (column, April 24), has powerfully answered President Obama’s political cliché that we must “move on” and not look back in dealing with the shocking conduct and crimes the government has committed on behalf of every American citizen.

I agree with the president and Mr. Krugman that our future is indeed at stake, but the country cannot reclaim its historic ideals of freedom and the rule of law until it addresses and confronts the truth of what has happened—often concealed until it is too late by contemporary politics and passions.

It is all about looking forward with a cleansed conscience, as Mr. Krugman so eloquently argues, whatever the cost in time and energy.

William Howard Adams
Shenandoah Junction, W.Va.
April 24, 2009

Note from KBJ: The letter writer unwittingly provides a good argument against investigation. He has already concluded that crimes have been committed.