In response to a February 18 Seattle Times editorial column where Kate Riley had concluded "nation's two-party vice leads to needless frustration."

Dick Schwartz of Bellevue, Washington had this rather startling response in his letter to the Seattle Times Editors on May 1:

"Americans are stupid.  If they weren't why would so many of them be so deeply in debt?  Why would they give our politicians such low approval ratings but then just keep re-electing the same people year after year?  Why would so many be obese?  Why would they keep driving one person to a car regardless of the fact it creates gridlock?  Why are they unable to locate foreign places on a map?"

But perhaps the most frightening declaration makes is simply this: