A new wave of commenters now seems to have adopted the Kennedy family objection to an offshore wind farm that was proposed about 30 years ago for the area just south of Hyannis, off Cape Cod. “Well,” said one Kennedy family member memorably, “but we will have to look at those monstrosities.”

The view of the windmills doesn’t bother me. I can see the five windmills in Atlantic City from my deck and I think they are kind of graceful.