THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Wednesday, February 8, 1995 TAG: 9502080023
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A10 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: Short : 30 lines
It may surprise Margaret Taylor Hooper (``Change columnists,'' letter, Jan. 20), and you, too, that there are a considerable number of people in this community who do, in fact, lament the forced resignation of John Barnes as editorial-page editor. He brought a temporary bit of balance to your editorial pages and an all-too-brief reprieve from the unrelenting left-wing liberal bias usually evident there.
Ms. Hooper can't stand columnists Buchanan, Thomas or Snow. Well, I can't stand Cohen, Goodman, Page, Ivins, Kaul, Rosenthal, Lewis and others of their ilk, and I, too, ``have been reading the paper long enough to be taken seriously.''
However, I respect the fact that not everyone might agree with my views, and I have no strong objection to your publishing their liberal columns as long as you balance them with an equal number of opposing, conservative viewpoints.
ROBERT R. CLEMENT
Virginia Beach, Jan. 21, 1995 by CNB