Thank you for your editorial in the Sunday, March 28, newspaper concerning Colonel Conrad Reynolds and the state law that prohibits him from using his title on the primary election ballot. Colonel Reynolds has spent his entire adult life serving his country in the United States Army. Now he wants to continue serving as a United States Senator. 

Conrad Reynolds earned the rank of Colonel; that rank defines who he is. Ah, but someone with the nickname of “Bubba” or “Porky” is entitled to its use on that same ballot. It is this level of absurdity that makes Arkansas appear backward to...