In Defense of Hitchhiking

It's not often that we read a piece as boldly contrarian as this letter to the editor from the pages of The Bellingham Herald. The correspondent comes out hard in favor of a practice that's likely to get you arrested if you don't take care: hitchhiking:

As a person who has traveled thousands of miles by the grace and generosity of strangers, I feel that I can say that hitchhiking is safe. I can't find myself speaking poorly of any of the traveling companions I've met over the years, whether I...