Cody Lyon -opinion

For some us who grew up or live in Alabama, headlines seem to say this deep-south state has produced more than its fair share of these dangerous political games.

The October 10 Letters to the Editors from the New York Times had some concerned responses to the way the current presidential campaign is being conducted.

William E. Leuchtenburg of Chapel Hill, North Carolina is emeritus professor of history at the University of North Carolina and past president of the American Historical Association:

Here is what Professor Leuchtenburg had to say:

"One of the most luminous moments -- the `Declaration of Conscience' -- came during the McCarthy era, when Margaret Chase Smith joined with six of her Republican colleagues in the United States Senate to denounce fellow Republicans for resorting to `the selfish political exploitation of fear, bigotry, ignorance and intolerance.'