Praise for Gorbachev.

• Position: Letters to the Editor - Letter to the editor

How tragic that Mikhail Gorbachev and his successors failed to find partners in the West who would lead the world toward more collective security, a more rational use of resources, and a more equitable distribution of wealth ("Capitalism Needs Perestroika," February issue). If President Obama is to fulfill his promise as the Abraham Lincoln of our time, he will have to lead the West to join with the rest of the world in advancing all three of these goals.

Paul Theis

Cedarburg, Wisconsin

How utterly incredible that an individual in the oppressive totalitarian system of the Soviet Union was able to muster the vision and wisdom to guide it out in what he hoped was a better direction. What he could not...