Names on Letters

Dear Victorious,

Why do you always have the last initial of the people who write to you? This seems a little suspicious if you ask me.

Frank S. - Santa Fe, NM

Dear Frank,

Because I don't answer letters publicly that don't include their full name. I get several emails a week that look like - for lack of a better word - crank emails. I treat like spam. I don't take letters seriously unless there is something to provide them legitimacy. That is usually an individual who is sincere enough to identify themselves. (I do privately answer some letters via email that never make it into my blog.)