Endangered Endowments

The Washington Post | January 21, 1995 | Copyright

George Will's shoddy assault on government involvement in funding for the humanities {op-ed, Jan. 8} tarnishes the motto of his alma mater, "Princeton in the Nation's Service." All he sees are self- serving bureaucracies and unacceptable teaching methods, and to sharpen his attack he merely distorts his evidence.

He is exercised, first, that state humanities councils are seeking to convince Congress that they perform an invaluable service. The reason for their efforts, he suggests, is to preserve the jobs of their staffs. If they are organizing letter-writing campaigns, however, what on earth ...

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