I must say that I hold thoughts very similar to those expressed by Alexander Cockburn (Column Left, July 15). There indeed seems little difference between Bush and Al Gore, or Republican and Democrat for that matter.

It is going to take a coalition of left and right to overcome this developing one-party system and divert our eventual fall to fascism. That coalition already exists. It is the Libertarian Party, which holds dear the economic freedoms championed by conservatives yet abandoned by Republicans and the civil freedoms championed by liberals yet abandoned by Democrats.

R.L. ROOT
Westminster