MELISSA BLOCK, host: It's time now for your letters. There were opinions aplenty on my conversation with history professor Robert Allison yesterday about Sarah Palin and Paul Revere. Palin has been taking heat for some off-the-cuff remarks she made last week about Paul Revere's midnight ride. But Professor Allison said that while Palin did take a few liberties, she largely got the story right.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: Well, Mike Divergillio(ph) of Bolingbrook, Illinois, writes: Will wonders never cease? NPR was actually fair to Sarah Palin. I know there are not many Palin fans there at NPR, but the interview about her Revere comments was truly - dare I say it - fair and balanced.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: But Victoria Crompton, of New Haven, Connecticut, was not impressed. She writes this: No one expects politicians to be historians but they should have at least an accurate sense of history. I have taught United States history for 37 years and I would not accept Ms. Palin's remarks as correct responses from any of my high school students.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: Finally, on Friday, we aired a story by NPR's Wade Goodwyn about the enduring popularity of the accordion in the Hispanic, Cajun and Creole communities of Texas. Scott Segal(ph) of San Francisco writes: I smiled the whole way through this one. This is NPR at its best. Thank you.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: And Jim Lundstrom(ph), of Menasha, Wisconsin, writes: Wade's piece was a brilliantly told slice of cultural history, and struck a very happy note while stuck in a car on a steamy Friday afternoon.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, host: Thanks to all of you who wrote in and please keep those letters coming. Just go to NPR.org and click on Contact Us.
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