Dear Uncle Jay:

All the girls in my class say a woman can run a country better than a man.  What do you think about that?

Dear Kennedy:  Well, it’s hard to imagine the world being run any worse than it’s been by men.  America hasn’t tried it yet, but many other countries have had women in charge.  In general, the results aren’t very different, so don’t get your hopes up.   But we should all look beyond gender when choosing a president … search for other qualities like leadership, organization, and the number of times they can say “change” in the same sentence.