Re:

To the editor:

I did not realize that job security was a consideration in deciding whether to publish the name of an opinion piece contributor.  It is one thing to grant anonymity in the service of protecting a contributor's safety; quite another to protect his/her job.  However well intended, I believe the NY Times has allowed itself to be played and used as a pawn by the author to destabilize an already unstable President.  I do not think President Trump is mentally fit and believe it would be in the best interest of our country for him to step down or be removed.  But I do not think it is the NY Times proper role to publish a piece that knowingly, by virtue of the anonymous authorship, would feed a paranoid man's paranoia. Given the President's repeated attacks on reality the public has a right to know the contributor's name. Ultimately our President and country are best served by taking a courageous stand and speaking truth to power.

Respectfully submitted,

Larry S. Sandberg MD