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Thank you, Ken, for the challenge to envision a non-partisan future, (Sept. 30th editorial). It reminded me of trying to carry a steaming hot cup of coffee filled to the rim back to the breakfast table. If you look at the coffee trying to control spillage, one over corrects to the right a bit then to the left and it sloshes back and forth until you have a half cup of coffee for breakfast. Whereas, if you keep your eye on the destination, one can easily walk it back to the table without spillage because with a sturdy base and vision, balance works.

So let’s start with the sturdy base. When one...