Letter: It’s all about balance

I was speaking with an old friend about the state of our nation the other day and was struck by a thought: Where did the terms “right wing” and “left wing” in relation to politics come from? I could only think of two areas where those terms come into common use outside of politics. One, of course, is architecture, where most buildings with “wings” are considered aesthetically more pleasing if the wings are equal and are balanced on either side of a central dom