Reader Steven Peck has given us permission to publish as an open letter his message sent to the editors of the Chicago Tribune, which they have so far declined to publish in their own pages. It follows below: The Chicago Tribune needs to fire Don Wycliff immediately and publicly apologize to its readers for his comments in his February 2 column. He mocks the notion that Hamas is a terrorist organization, considered so by the United States, the European Union and the Tribune Editorial board, by sarcastically calling them just supposedly "bad". He implies that because 60% of the Palestinian electorate voted for them that their platform calling for the destruction of Israel and the murder of Jews therefore must be legitimate and our government should recognize that stance. What their victory means in that regard is that at least 60% of Palestinians didn't find the platform abhorrent enough  enough to have voted for one of the third party alternatives if they wanted to throw out...(Read Full Post)