Like many in Lincoln, I've been struggling with what I think and what I want to say about the Charlie Rogers matter. I guess it's this: As a card-carrying cynic, incorrigible doubter of my fellow human beings and old newspaper cops reporter, I had serious doubts about her story from Day 1, but though it appears I may have been right, I'm not here to gloat. Rather, to say that I'm sure glad I don't live in a community where everyone is as cynical and suspicious as I am. It would be an unpleasant place to live indeed.

And this, too: Don't hate others or be a bigot, of course, but also, let's not be quick to accuse others of hatred and bigotry just because they disagree with us.