Letters

摘要

Sir - America's protracted love affair with anti-intellectu-alism has found its latest expression during the Republican presidential nomination contest ("Mitt Romney marches on", January 14th). Jon Huntsman elicited groans from the Republican audience at a debate for, of all things, speaking Mandarin, a linguistic accomplishment most people would consider laudable. A superPac supporting Newt Gingrich launched an attack on Mitt Romney for, among other character flaws, speaking French, the implication being that no true American would stoop so low.