The Editor, Sir:

Merry Christmas! Glory to God in the Highest! Peace on Earth to men of goodwill. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.

Although peace has been the goal of mankind for thousands of years and the desire for peace is never so great as it is at Christmas, it seems that our ability to find or establish peace continues to elude us.

Today, after the end of the Cold War, bloody hostilities continue on nearly every continent, reaching global proportions once again after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 in New York City, Washington, D.C., and near Pittsburgh.

As Pete Seeger's well-known folk song from the '60s asked, "Where have all the flowers gone? When will they ever learn? When will they ever learn?"

True peace on every level - from international conflicts to our personal lives - has become more difficult than ever to achieve.

I am, etc.,

TED RUDOW III, MA

Tedr77@aol.com

P.O. Box 1222

Menlo Park, California

Via Go-Jamaica