In California, Arnold S. is taking some heat from liberal Hispanic groups for his ties to U.S. English. If the criticism keeps up, AS may benefit with conservatives. I’m actually not a big fan of “official English” as a movement–it doesn’t do nearly as much good as California’s Prop. 227 reform of bilingual education, for instance. Yet it’s a project for which many conservatives (and lots of non-conservatives) find sympathy. Linda Chavez has a smart column on AS and U.S. English.