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Off with their heads.(letters to the editor)(Letter to the Editor)

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| November 07, 2005 | Glyn, Elie | COPYRIGHT 2005 National Review, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Hats off to Adam Keiper for calling out Chris Mooney's misappropriation of Edmund Burke ("A Vast Conspiracy?" Oct. 10). Burke was certainly not, as Mr. Mooney writes, denouncing the Enlightenment when he referred to "sophisters, economists, and calculators." To misquote is a mistake, one that the best of us can make; but for Mr. Mooney to foist such foolhardy importance upon that misquote is to reveal a ...

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