I respectfully request that this letter be printed in full in an early issue of national review followed by some sort of general apology or retraction.
In the November 28, 1980 issue of national review Russell Kirk, in his column “From the Academy,” announced to the world his selection as director of the social-science program of the Educational Research Council of America. Illustrating his indignation over “dull and indolent” teachers who demand “readability” in their textbooks, Kirk cited an example of the outcome of such “dreary demands”:
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