Thoughts on Kucinich.

• Position: Letter to the editor

I am responding to the letter from Susan Hammond in the July issue supporting Dennis Kucinich. I cannot believe that after what we've been through since January 20, 2001, that any informed progressive believes the U.S. and the world wouldn't have been better off if 400 Nader voters in Florida had voted for Al Gore.

Benjamin Liptzin

Longmeadow, Massachusetts

In the April issue, Will Durst describes the primary contests of the two major parties as races among donkeys and elephants ("Scouting Report"). Although he intends to be funny, he is emulating the commercial media in portraying the electoral process as entertainment...