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Re "An Unlikely Political Pair, United by a Disaster" (front page, Nov. 1):
The admirable bipartisanship of two old foes, Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, a Republican, and President Obama, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy is a timely reminder that the purpose of politics is — or should be — the public good, not personal triumphalism.
Is it naïve to hope that this flicker of bipartisanship will promote more civil politics after the election? Probably yes. But our founding fathers, who were not naïve, believed that it was possible to harness the dynamics of disagreement for the public good. We should cling to that hope.
DAVID CORBETT
Exeter, N.H., Nov. 1, 2012
To the Editor:
Re "Will Climate Change Get Some Respect Now?," by Nicholas D. Kristof (column, Nov. 1):
It seems as if we Americans need to get slapped in the face to mount sustained responses to problems. The cold war, the war on drugs, the war on terror — these we understand. The war on warming? Not so much.
Hurricane Katrina was supposed to change that, but then carbon limits were killed under the political cover of the Great Recession.
The dirty truth is that we Americans stink at solving gradual problems. We suffer from politicians controlled by powerful interests, and more important, a culture in which time is measured by sound bites instead of by generations.
Until we start thinking beyond ourselves, climate change will remain the Rodney Dangerfield of problems.
SCOTT M. AUERBACH
Amherst, Mass., Nov. 1, 2012
The writer is a professor of chemistry at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
To the Editor:
Re "Long Gas Lines, Clogged Roads, and Slim Hope for a Better Day" (front page, Nov. 1):
One of the biggest frustrations in the aftermath of a storm as witnessed in New York and New Jersey is the inability to get gasoline because of a power failure.
A simple solution to this problem would be to require a certain number of gas stations to have backup generators.
EUGENE F. ROESSER Jr.
Potomac, Md., Nov. 1, 2012
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