LOIS ERWINWaldwick, N.J., Nov. 8, 2012 To the Editor: The election is over, and the country averted disaster at the presidential level.
"In a competitive system, the candidates have the ability to make allegations," said R. Michael Alvarez, professor of political science at the California Institute of Technology and co-editor of "Election Fraud: Detecting and Deterring Electoral Manipulation".
Patricia A. Weller Emmitsburg, Md., Nov. 3, 2010 To the Editor: Re "Election 2010" (editorial, Nov. 3): For two years "Yes, we can" has been met by "No, you can't" as Republicans in Congress, in order to gain partisan advantage, put up a near-solid front to weaken or thwart measures that would benefit the vast majority of citizens.
He is the co-editor of "Election Law Stories".
Today's highlights: the View editors on elections in France, Germany and Greece Virginiaa Postrel on the end of vertical integration; Michael Kinsley on Mitt Romney's success; Jonathan Weil on the government's sketchy accounting; Jonathan Alter on health-care reform; Yukon Huang on China's trade surplus; Andrew Exum on disturbing combat photographs.
I promise to put to the reporters and editors covering the election the best questions from RDV readers.
If this had been a normal kind of six months he would now be asked what he will do next, given the reshuffle often expected among political editors after an election.
And the speakers who will offer views "from the bridge" are Alex Chandler, general election editor at ITV News; John McAndrew, executive editor, Sky News; Ian Rumsey, executive producer ITN Productions for Channel 4; and Sam Woodhouse, the BBC's general election results editor.
Doris Fenig Floral Park, Queens, Oct. 24, 2008 To the Editor: Barack Obama's election will bring hope and promise to the United States and the world, which yearn for both.
To the Editor: Before his election to the papacy, Joseph Ratzinger was known as a gentle, intellectually gifted man who played piano and chatted with shopkeepers as he strolled to the Vatican.
DAN WOOG Westport, Conn., Nov. 8, 2012 To the Editor: Since the election, I have been reading the "What now?" articles in The Times and elsewhere with some dismay.
