THE EDITOR, Madam:

It’s just about 25 years since the West Wing TV series was aired. The series showed an idealist presidency that, like The Brady Bunch, could solve problems within a single episode. There were a few earth-shattering events that needed two episodes, but most problems were resolved easily.

The world that I see on my TV now is so broken, so corrupt, so personality-based, and so many are lost, but there is still hope, there are still some leaders of character and good intent with voices we must hear.

What we want is for the real to be as good as the work of fiction.

DENNIS FITZGERALD

Melbourne, Australia