Americans strong like any family

To the editor:

Regarding the editorial from Le Monde in Paris, "America's fracture line": My grandaddy used to tell us that there were only two kinds of people in this world, those who think there are only two kinds of people, and those who don't think it's quite that simple.

I love it when foreign correspondents voice their views of us taken right off CNN, and the U.S. media publish them like they were some sort of meaningful moral reflection.

We are strong and righteous not just because we're Americans, but because we work hard and think deeply about what is right. We debate and argue and tease and taunt ourselves, just like any other healthy family of brothers and sisters.

RANDY DUNN

Oak Ridge