DEMOCRATS

Sadly, Barone is yet another in the seemingly endless list of literary sidewalk vendors, passing himself off as an expert on U.S. domestic politics. During the past 45 years, the media in this country have produced an intolerable number of political “experts” who have sold out to the usurpers of the democracy and lied to the people.

Mr. Barone, sadder than watching the destruction of the Democratic Party has been witnessing the wholesale betrayal of individuals’ honor and the absolutely promiscuous decline of journalistic integrity.

DAVID MANNING

Sherman Oaks