Notes & Asides

Dear Mr. Buckley: Alas! It has been a rough year for Kentuckians, not least because of the Hollywoodian attempt to trivialize any entity in the interest of “survival entertainment.” In the cartoon on page 59 of the December 13 issue of NR, Lemuel, noted as a Kentucky Bourbon (whether of the royalty of France, Spain, Naples, or maybe a hybrid descendant of some sort from a long gone royal fugitive from the Indian wars-who knows?), is obviously caricatured as a barefoot hayseed with buck teeth and a noticeable vacant look. On the basis of the possibility that readers may actually consider a Kentuckian, ipso facto, to be a moron, allow me to lodge a gentle protest. While most of the world’s bourbon is concocted in Kentucky, most of its citizens are a cut above imbecility. Regards, Jim Clark Lexington, Ky.

Dear Mr. Buckley: I have been a subscriber to your magazine for many years. A letter in Notes & Asides in the December 13 issue took me back to a terrible day in my life, November 24, 1943, Thanksgiving Day.

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Dear Mr. Buckley: Alas! It has been a rough year for Kentuckians, not least because of the Hollywoodian attempt to trivialize any entity in the interest of “survival entertainment.” In the cartoon on page 59 of the December 13 issue of NR, Lemuel, noted as a Kentucky Bourbon (whether of the royalty of France, Spain, Naples, or maybe a hybrid descendant of some sort from a long gone royal fugitive from the Indian wars-who knows?), is obviously caricatured as a barefoot hayseed with buck teeth and a noticeable vacant look. On the basis of the possibility that readers may actually consider a Kentuckian, ipso facto, to be a moron, allow me to lodge a gentle protest. While most of the world’s bourbon is concocted in Kentucky, most of its citizens are a cut above imbecility. Regards, Jim Clark Lexington, Ky.

Dear Mr. Buckley: I have been a subscriber to your magazine for many years. A letter in Notes & Asides in the December 13 issue took me back to a terrible day in my life, November 24, 1943, Thanksgiving Day.