Generally, a man must commit a heinous crime, donate prodigious sums of money, or have mortality intervene to have an editorial directly questioning who he is. With this letter, I certify that, at least, as of this writing, none of the above has occurred.

None the less, some concern has been expressed regarding my credentials to write the essays that accompany the cover photographs for the BJO of the past few years.¹

As was hinted in the editorial “Eyespots …