Last month, several readers of my column in Arizona wrote to tell me that their local paper had announced it was thinking about dropping my syndicated column (which appears in about 130-plus other papers across the country). I am very happy and most grateful to report that the community of Sierra Vista responded with sufficient enthusiasm to convince editors to keep running my column every Tuesday. Thank you to all who gave me a vote of confidence. I've never heard of a newspaper throwing open such a decision to its readership, but I can tell you that I overwhelmed by this response.