Untruths about the US
From Mr Tim Mitchell Sir: Peter Hitchens's article (land of the free, home of the British', 23 September) is absolute tosh and I deeply resent any of my subscription monies being used to pay him for it. As a Brit living in the USA, I can assure him that we do indeed have both one- and two-dollar coins in circulation, despite his statement that the dollar bill 'has yet to be replaced with a pocket-destroying coin'.
In addition, the assertions that America has 'a continuing love of railways' and that its universities represent fearless bastions against the 'oppression of political correct- ness' (from the country that invented the phrase!) fill me with absolute astonishment. Every single one of the statements made in this article is either factually wrong or at the very least extremely contentious.
Tim Mitchell
Oregon, USA
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