Great column today, Bob !

         Bob, if you are at all like me, then you are definitely not

    above flattery. Great column today ! And risky - Talk Radio's

    Independent Man - and his adoring fans - have all but put a bounty

    on your head. What venom -like British soccer fans !

         Sunday, I learned that my nephew, Chris Covill of Coventry, was

    seriously injured over there ( Iraq, Kuwait ? ) .  Close to home,

    indeed. Chris 's sister, Elizabeth is a graduate in journalism and

    an intern at local TV station ( I think Channel 10 ) .

               Why is the press not giving out the names of the wounded

    in action soldiers after their families have been notified ?

                Perhaps GI Chris was lucky - missing the equivalent of

    the Battle of Stalingrad - central Baghdad.

          A PROJO reporter is interested in his story. But my brother in

    law is very " private " to say the least. He livens up around Super

    Bowl time. But then if I had Chris for a son ......enough gossip for

    now !