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If a holocaust is ever visited upon our blessed land, it won't be brought about by ERA marchers, civil libertarians, environmentalists, welfare programs or liberal courts. It will be at the hands of pushbutton zealots who can tolerate only one way of living and thinking, and who attack all other perspectives and philosophies of life as sinful and corrupt.
Michael Anglin Dallas
Faculty Silence
Your article about the University of Georgia's denying tenure to Maija Blaubergs [Oct. 6] was scary. It sounds like the beginning of a totalitarian state. Judge Owens is violating the concept of the secret ballot by demanding that faculty members reveal how they voted. Next the Government will want to prohibit secret voting in unions, professional organizations, civic organizations, corporations, and finally in the general elections.
Thomas W. Noonan Brockport, N. Y.
Any laborer has the right to be given a reason if he is fired. Departments and divisions in colleges and universities are infested with petty politics, envy and self-serving attitudes. If a confident, creative, talented faculty member does not adhere to the proper line, he runs the risk of being driven out. If a person is fired, he deserves the right to know the reasons and who said them.
George C. Thompson Waldorf, Md.
Your article on the growing row over "peer review" implied that the academic community was overwhelmingly in favor of secret deliberations regarding faculty hirings and promotions. In fact, a good many academics would welcome a more open evaluation process. The prevalence of cronyism and prejudice in faculty advancement has diminished in recent years, but the only way to stamp it out entirely is to make these peer-review deliberations open to those with a legitimate involvement.
Peter Gottlieb Los Angeles
That's Abominable!
"Reality shows" like That's Incredible! [Oct. 13] that encourage dangerous stunts not only insult the intelligence of the American public, but also encourage the notion that an individual must accomplish some spectacular feat to determine his or her worth. This is a most dangerous idea, emotionally and psychologically, as well as physically.
Marianne Canedo Smithtown, N. Y.
The only incredible thing about That's
Incredible! is that it is incredibly tasteless.
Mary-Jane Febbroriello
Harwinton, Conn.
For those people who try to get on the show, I suggest the title That's Incredible Masochism. For those people who watch the show, I suggest That's Incredible Sadism as a suitable title.
Bob Wilson Jamestown, N. Y.
Three Angry Men
Let's hear it for the three Chicago judges [Oct. 13] who have shown they have the guts to deal with repeat criminal offenders realistically, swiftly and sternly. With a few more like them, the law-abiding public may yet have a chance in this contest with crime.
Frank Powell Florence, Ala.
Catholics Nix Fix