The Virginian-Pilot
                             THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT 
              Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Friday, September 8, 1995              TAG: 9509070010
SECTION: FRONT                    PAGE: A12  EDITION: FINAL 
TYPE: Letter 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   24 lines

NO TYRANT

Columnist Molly Ivins' statement, ``Remember all men would be tyrants if they could,'' is absolutely untrue and false. She owes me and many other men like me an apology for putting us all in one group.

After marriage it was no longer ``I'' but ``we.'' We choose where to live. We decided which church to attend. Most of our lives, we made decisions together.

I am not a tyrant and never will be even if I could. This time, Molly Ivins is dead wrong.

TOMMY STEELE

Virginia Beach, Aug. 30, 1995 by CNB