As you know we have put out the call to get Letters to the Editor submitted in Maryland. And you answered that call! Last week CCAN volunteers submitted four LTEs, so as an act of solidarity I submitted my own to the Washington Post. To be honest they haven’t gotten back to me about printing it…because they are probably considering me for a Pulitzer and don’t want to spring it on me too quickly. So, while I wait on my prize I will publish my LTE here for your reading pleasure. Enjoy!

To the Editor:

Kari Lydersen’s piece about the important bill introduced by Senators Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) and Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.) to prevent mountaintop removal mining [Miners Boycott Tenn. Over Alexander’s Bill, July 26] was missing a key explanation. Why would a Senator from Maryland