Crunchy contretemps.(Letter to the editor)

I understand that what I call "crunchy conservatism" is not Jonah Goldberg's cup of tea, but I can't let his cheap and unjust description of my work go unchallenged ("Living in the Real World," March 27). In my book, Crunchy Cons, I go to great lengths to tie the views I hold on a wide variety of cultural and political issues--including, among others, agriculture, the environment, education, religion, and architecture--to the kind of traditionalism that was espoused by Russell Kirk, Richard Weaver, and other conservative intellectuals. Readers of Mr. Goldberg's essay who are not familiar with either my book or my related commentary on National Review ...