To the Editor:

In the Jan. 20 issue, Bob Stern made a strong argument for the eight-year performance of President Obama (“Undeniable Progress”). The article provided a whole host of statistics in a format that could have been a term paper assignment for a college-level course taught by Joel Best, the author of More Damned Lies and Statistics.

I do not agree with Mr. Stern’s letter, especially his assessment of public deficit growth.

February 3, 2016