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Vol. 006 Issue 005 (February 1 1973)
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The Continuing Crisis
The Continuing Crisis DEATHS: On December 26 President Harry S Truman laid down his burden, and, as with so many other of his actions, it was probably prudent. His hornrimmed glasses and his...
Editorial I
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
Smartening Up the Chumps Raise a stein! As the bell rings for 1973, the hardpressed members of the civilized minority have been granted a collective reprieve from the New Age, an age of milk and...
Editorial ll
Kristol, William
Editorial 11 Uncharitable Students Students entering the Eliot House dining room at Harvard College pass by, before going through the cafeteria line, a table manned by a variety of students...
The Public Discourse
Weaver, Paul H.
CLOSING OUT THE 1960s As chronological units, decades begin and end at exact points in time; but as historical periods - which is how we usually speak of them - their boundaries are uneven and...
The Perseverance of the Family
North, Gary
ALTERNATIVE PERSPECTIVE: Gary North The Perseverance of the Family PERSPECTIVES is a new Alternative feature, in which articulate spokesmen are given the opportunity to argue the pros and the...
Contributors
Contributors David Brudnoy is an associate professor of history at Merrimack College, national aflairs commentator on WGBH-TV in Boston, and an associate of The Alternative.... George Carey is a...
Queer-Baiting for Faith, Fun, and Profit
Brudnoy, David
Queer-Baiting for Faith, Fun, and Profit This is the second of our PERSPECTIVE essays. As urith the first, it does not necessarily reflect the views of the Editor or The Alternative staff. Then...
The Great American Column
Rosenblatt, Roger
THE NEWS FROM AMERICA The grandmother of a friend of mine assures him that "today's newspaper wraps tonight's fish." Her maxim is meant as a kind of consolation, but it also goes to the essential...
Booze and Pot: The Metaphysical Distinction
Veal, E. T.
E.T. Veal Booze and Pot: All this is not to say that I think things could or should be very much better. A newspaper or news program that presented studious interpretations of world events written...
A Quiet Moment with Averell Harriman
Carey, George
A Quiet Moment with Averell Harriman This interview was conducted by Mike Wallace of the Columbia Broadcasting Network in March 1973. The interviewee, Averell Harriman, is noted for his long and...
Public Education on the Defensive
Finn, Chester
Public Education on the Defensive Deschooling Society by Ivan Illich Harper & Row, $1.25 p.b. Inequality: A Reassessment of the Effects of Family and Schooling in America by Christopher Jencks...
Letter from a Whig
Slemp, C. Bascom
MORE FIGHTING OVER LESS SPENDING (WASHINGTON) -Most everyone in town expects the always tenuous relations between the White House and Congress to completely break down by the end of the month. Even...
The Rosa Luxemburg Contracetives Cooperative
Shorey, Kenneth P.
The Rosa Luxemburg Contraceptives Cooperative A Primer on Communist Civilization. by Leopold Tyrmand Macmillan Company, $5.95 From time to time whenever he gets a bit impish or high, a friend of...
A New Isolation: Threat or Promise
Grant, James
Book Review A New Isolation: Threat or Promise by Robert W. Tucker Universe Books, $6.00 A stranger political coalition may never be assembled than that ragtag band of pacifists, socialists,...
The Bootblack Stand: Letters To Plunkitt From Senator (Name Withheld) and Saylord Poinsett
The Bootblack Stand Dr. George Washington Plunkitt, our prize-winning political analyst, is celebrating the publication of his new book, which is now available at avant-garde bookstores throughout...
Correspondence: Letters from Name Withheld, William Hawkins, Dan Bennett, and Larry Oates
Correspondence To the Editor: I've just finished reading Mr. Taggert's article in your December issue. If your magazine served no other useful purpose than to provide a forum for the development...
Beyond Science and Behaviorism
Gow, Haven Bradford
Beyond Science and Behaviorism The End of the Modern Age by Allen Wheelis Basic Books, $5.95 The Science of Behavior and the Image of Man by Isidor Chein Basic Books, $12.50 It is ironic that at...
Current Wisdom
Current Wisdom COLLEGIATE CHATAQUA The Hon. Stuart Udal offers a little mush while massaging the involved students of Indiana University: We're throwing away what we've always prided ourselves...
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