Thank you for inviting Fred Wolferman to voice his opinion about the demise of Congress (Jan. 1).

I agree that special interests have tainted both sides of the aisle. Thank heavens for C-SPAN 2! There was so much name-calling and stone-throwing in Congress over the hodgepodge health-care bill that I wondered at times if I was watching ESPN or a wrestling channel.

But Wolferman's opinion was calm, concrete and educated, as if he was a sports announcer on the Golf Channel. Please have him back again.

Joseph Cummings

Aberdeen

Editor's Note: Wolferman's weekly column appears every Friday.