To the editor:

In her column reacting positively to the presidential candidacy of author and self-help icon Marianne Williamson, Robin Abcarian writes, “In a country that elected a uniquely unqualified man to the presidency in 2016, it’s no longer rational to dismiss a presidential candidate simply for lack of experience.”

Have we learned nothing from the experience of having a “uniquely unqualified man” as president? It is now more than ever supremely rational to require pertinent experience from our potential leaders.

Jennifer Friedman, Tarzana