Opinion
Opinion: Perhaps the Mail Carrier Means Us No Harm
A contrarian voice in Columbus dares to ask whether years of barking may have been hasty.
By A Reformed Watchdog
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Columbus — I will likely take heat from my peers for this, but somebody must say it: the mail carrier may not, in fact, be a threat.
Consider the evidence. They arrive daily. They leave promptly. On occasion, they have produced a biscuit. I have spent years sounding the alarm, and not once has the feared invasion materialized. At some point, intellectual honesty demands a reassessment.
I am not asking my colleagues to wag. I ask only that we consider, quietly, that the threat level may have been overstated.