Talking points

Re “National debate -- who needs it?” Opinion, Dec. 19

Perhaps the author hasn’t noticed that we just completed a national debate, culminating in a national election. The listeners even got to vote on the winners of the debate. Can it get any better than that?

NICK DI CROCE

Solvang, Calif.

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Significantly, Martin Kaplan manages to write an entire column about the dismal state of our national dialogue without mentioning the most important ingredient in any decision problem -- facts.

FRITZ MEHRTENS

Irvine