Sir,

We have seen William J. Bennett's type before in American History, even one
with the same initials: William Jennings Bryan. America's frontier-town
love for raunchy and violent entertainment may explain the sales of
over-the-top compact discs, but I think it also explains the popularity of
the "Clean America to the Core" preacher-types who so often are heard
moralizing, even on the street-corners where the rich and educated
congregate, such as the pages of the New York Times.

Sincerely,
Peter Webster