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My response email to Roger K. Lewis, the author of this article: "Why classical architecture makes little sense for today’s Washington" http://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/why-classical-architecture-makes-little-sense-for-todays-washington/2012/05/17/gIQAfbL7YU_story.html My response: To the good Professor Emeritus: I would humbly like to point out some possible errors in judgment on your part in response to your article in the Washington Post titled “Why classical architecture makes little sense for today’s Washington”.  I would appreciate it if you read through my email and responded to my points. Below are some of your quotations and my responses to them. “But it has been especially condemned by those who assert that classicism is the only appropriate design language for creating a national memorial or monument in Washington.” Let's not lie to ourselves. Modernism has taken over the earth like a cancer. I would be surprised if 5% of the bu...