To the editor:

Perhaps William J. Bennett protests too much in his Oct. 10 Outlook article, "No time for conservatives to withdraw from culture wars." He states that the goal of conservatives like himself is to make American society more humane, civil, responsible and just.

But I haven't heard him push humaneness by attacking gay-bashers. He hasn't pushed civility by chiding Rush Limbaugh for referring to feminists as `femi-Nazis'.

Republican leadership in Congress has stood in the way of campaign reform, mainly because they think the current system gives them a partisan advantage.

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