I always get a healthy response when I write something for the WSJ, but yesterday’s article on libraries seemed to strike a nerve both with WSJ readers and private emailers. I questioned a decision by the public libraries in Fairfax County, Va. to get rid of classics in order to clear shelf space for best-sellers, CDs, etc. The husband of a librarian in Michigan emailed to complain that he can check out a DVD of Booty Call at his local library, but not Henry V starring either Olivier or Branagh. Today, G. Tracy Meehan III tackles the subject in the American Spectator. The original Washington Post article that sparked the controversy may be read here.

About the Author
John J. Miller, a former national correspondent for National Review, is the director of the Dow Journalism Program at Hillsdale College. He is the author of A Gift of Freedom: How the John M. Olin Foundation Changed America.
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