More on Mark Helprin

I think I see the real reason why Mark Helprin dislikes “the posturing and crowing of post-election Republicans” (“Dressing Down the Primitives,” by John Anderson, March 13). Perhaps he recalls a different party doing the same thing a couple of generations ago: announcing the death of the opposition party, knowing they had all the answers, etc.

I’m certain he also recognizes that the resounding victory was not all that pronounced, and that some of the slim margins involved were driven by fear rather than conviction: fear of homosexuality, fear of stem-cell research, fear of terrorists.

Earl Eager Albert

Temple City