Conniff a voice of reason.

• Author: Jacobi, Jarrod
• Position: Letters to the Editor

Ruth Conniff's "Reasons for Hope" (December issue) is the first sober piece from the left I have read since Election Day. It is refreshing to hear a voice of reason in the sea of lunacy that has washed over the Democratic Party. If the sloganeers of the left put one quarter of the energy they waste on temper tantrums, misplaced blame, and deep denial into something constructive, they might actually accomplish something.

Jarrod Jacobi

San Francisco, California

I agree with everything Ruth Conniff wrote except one thing: It is not good enough for the Democrats to take control at the state level and then think it will translate into a grassroots-led recapture of Washington.

Here in North Carolina, Democrats maintain control of state and local government by running on a limited government philosophy that sanctions public schools, roads, and prisons--period.

The corollary is that robust government is not needed at...