Dr. DigiPol

“Instead of allowing you or your colleagues to continue putting words in my mouth, perhaps I should just let the column speak for itself. If you choose to rank yourself among the likes of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., or presume to suggest that your lobbying is the same thing as registered voters actually […]

Dear Mr. Shapley,

After reading your column “Software to split wheat from e-mail chaff” in the June 27th issue of the Post-Intelligencer, I feel it is important to clear up some misconceptions I see in your analysis. While I appreciate the bind Congressional offices face having given their 4-fold increase in constituent communications without any increase in staff or administrative budget, your characterization of the problem is significantly off the mark.