He’s got guts

JIMMY CARTER may be the most courageous public figure in America [“Carter’s Frontal Attack,” by Josh Getlin, Dec. 4]. He has accurately described media coverage of the “Israel-Palestine” conflict as “abominable” and the U.S. government’s pro-Israel bias as unequivocal. It is the ultimate irony that in a country that prizes its open democracy, no politician of any party is willing to risk his future by addressing this elephant in the room.

FRANCIS SARGUIS

Santa Barbara