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I read with great interest Mr. Neumayr’s article “The Origin of Speciousness” in the November 18 edition of The American Spectator. It may not surprise you that I do not agree at all with the substance of the article. But that is not why I am writing you today. There is a serious error in the article which I respectfully request that you correct in the on-line version of your publication. The article reads:

“Theistic evolutionists like Kenneth Miller, who has said that his Catholicism gives his Darwinism ‘strong propaganda value,’ are misrepresenting the theory for rhetorical reasons.”

The direct quotation attributed to me is False. I have never said or written such a statement. I would hope that the standards of your publication rise above false quotation, and that you will make a full correction immediately.

p>I look forward to hearing from you before this false quotation is used to misrepresent my views further. br> — Kenneth Miller br> Professor of Biology br> Brown University /p>

P.S. It is possible that your author lifted the words “strong propaganda value” from an article written in the Hartford Courant. If that is the case, I would suggest that Mr. Neumayr re-read that article. In that article those words are (correctly) attributed to “another veteran of the evolutionary war,” and not to me.

p> The Editor replies: br> Professor Miller is correct. Here is the relevant excerpt from the Hartford Courant