Perhaps we could quote Steve Martin, who said something like "Some people have a way with words... and other people no have way." That seems to be where we are heading. Steve Crawford On Sep 9, 2009, at 4:47 PM, Harold Bush wrote: > Great PR in the current American Scholar: what is our response??? > > www.theamericanscholar.org/the-decline-of-the-english-department/ > > > > > > Harold K. Bush, Ph.D > Professor of English > Saint Louis University > St. Louis, MO 63108 > 314-977-3616 (w); 314-771-6795 (h) > <www.slu.edu/colleges/AS/ENG/faculty/hbush.html>