Once again letter writer Joseph Diggs Sr. attempts to explain someone else's words, in this case the words of St. Obama's wife ("Put Mrs. Obama's comment in context," May 23).

The last time he publicly attempted to explain someone else's words, they were mine -- after I had the audacity to criticize Hanoi John Kerry's war record in a letter to the editor.

In an April 7, 2004, letter, he wrote in reference to my letter, "I concluded the author was a very unpatriotic person."

Given how far amiss he was in that conclusion, I'll use my own judgment as to what the Harvard-educated Mrs. Obama's words mean.

Merle E. Burkholder, Augusta