Pubdate: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 Source: Province, The (CN BC) Copyright: 2009 Canwest Publishing Inc. Contact: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/letters.html Website: http://www.canada.com/theprovince/ Details: http://www.mapinc.org/media/476 Author: Jerry Paradis Cited: http://www.leap.cc/cms/index.php?name=Content&pid=28 CRONKITE LAUDED Following the death of Walter Cronkite I found myself as captivated as any American by the many recaps of his long career as a newsman and, of course, of his well-earned title of "the most trusted man in America." There was much to cover and it's not surprising small but significant bits were passed over. Among them is that Cronkite was an outspoken opponent of the $69 billion-a-year war on drugs. As a retired provincial court judge and a member of Law Enforcement Against Prohibition (LEAP) I'd like to point out that Cronkite endorsed a brief 12-minute DVD that we put out on the issue. Jerry Paradis North Vancouver - --- MAP posted-by: Richard R Smith Jr