With today’s edition, Austin Daily Herald columnist Wallace Alcorn bids his readers goodbye. For 36 years and more than 1,000 columns, Alcorn has challenged Herald readers with opinions on current events, morality, religion and community life. His comments have generated a vast body of reader responses in the form of letters to the editor and online posts, more than fulfilling the mission of giving people something to think about — regardless of whether or not they agree.

Click here for Alcorn’s final column.