Geraghty letter: Statesman headline

I’m very disappointed that Wednesday’s headline (Jan. 13) made it past the editing process. “Obama tries to be positive in farewell” implies a lot of things that don’t belong in a headline. He didn’t “try” to be positive, he was positive, and made a strong case for the rest of us to hold a positive view. He made this address in the midst of campaign rhetoric that is mostly fear mongering and deserves a rational response. Secondly, with most of a year left in his term, this is not a farewell. To suggest that his time in office is over is to undermine important work going on all over the world. Keep the opinions on the opinion page.

This story was originally published January 31, 2016 at 5:52 PM with the headline "Geraghty letter: Statesman headline."