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IssueVol. 013 Issue 006 (June 1 1980)
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Paid articleThe Continuing Crisis
THE CONTINUING CRISIS - and M. Jean - Paul Sartre, prophet of the absurd, has passed on; yet the old quack departed too soon. On April 24 the Hon. John Anderson of the...
Paid articleEditorial / The Great White Ph.D
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
EDIT0RIAL "THE GREAT WHITE PH.D" At this writing the nomination of Barry Commoner as presidential candidate for the newly-hatched Citizens Party is not yet official, and it is my sad...
Paid articleCapitol Ideas / Citizen Nader ' s Loaded Dais
Bethell, Tom
"Capitol Ideas / Citizen Nader ' s Loaded Dais" students out to fight their good fights for them. Not only was "Big Business Day" a flop, but, when Earth Day 1980 was celebrated on April 22 only the Wall Street Journal seemed to care. When...
Paid articleHow to Fail at Being Safe
Horner, Charles
"How to Fail at Being Safe" Charles Homer In a world of nuclear weapons, our strategists say, preparedness is aggression and strategic superiority is a threat to peace. But the real irony is this:...
Paid articleIslam and Modernization
Hoffer, Eric
"Islam and Modernization" Eric Hoffer Muhammad, messenger of plod. There is a fact that stares us in the face yet is rarely mentioned: No Islamic country has so far been modernized. No...
Paid articleWhen Intelligence Passes the Test
Havender, William R.
"When Intelligence Passes the Test" One hardly ever hears of a Moslem abandoning Islam for another faith. There is no instance of a country being de-Islamized the way the Middle East and North Africa were totally...
Paid articleThe New Red Army
Koehl, Stuart L.; Glick, Stephen P.
"The New Red Army" Stuart L. Koehl & Stephen P. Glick What's fast, deadly, and all over? By now, the invasion of Afghanistan has driven the debate over American foreign policy toward an...
Paid articleRich Man, Poor Man, Chinaman
London, Miriam; Yuan, Ma
"Rich Man, Poor Man, Chinaman" Miriam London & Ma Yuan CHINAMAN In the New China, the mendicant arts survive--necessarily. I n the old days before Communist liberation, when China was still...
Paid articleThe New World Disorder
Manor, F.S.
"The New World Disorder" were fighting your way past five city gates and six generals. Beggars, male and female, old and young, blocked you off front and back. Some would even tug at your clothes to attract attention....
Paid articleThe PowerElite
JohnNollson
"The PowerElite" John Nollson For the past thousand or so years, the middle class has been rising and the aristocracy has been declining. After the French Revolution, the surviving...
Paid articlePresswatch / Imam We Trust
Ledeen, Michael
"Presswatch / Imam We Trust" This month's award for runaway prose goes to the world press in general for its coverage of AmericanIranian affairs during the first half of March. That, you'll recall, is...
Paid articleThe Public Policy / An Imminent Electric Orgy
Baldwin, FredD.
"The Public Policy / An Imminent Electric Orgy" sea lift and fewer fighting ships Anderson would have announced the discovery of a secret memorandum showing that the Pentagon was neglecting fighting ships. The point, of course, is that the...
Paid articleEuropean Document / Old Europe, New Relations
Aron, Raymond
"European Document / Old Europe, New Relations" The lines are drawn: Barring an unforeseeable accident, the presidential contest this November will take place between Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan. The...
Paid articleThe Nation's Pulse / Americu"s Stock in Trade
Forbes, Malcolm S. Jr.
"The Nation's Pulse / Americu"s Stock in Trade" You would never know it from all the talk about gold, silver, breakable Chinese porcelain, and the like, but common stocks have been one of the best investments you...
Paid articleA History of the World
Thomas, Hugh; Baumann, Fred
B00KS IN REVIEW - "A History of the World" At the close of his history of the world, Hugh Thomas observes that while modern industrial society sometimes seems free of its past, modern tyrannies are...
Paid articleAmerican Government: Institutions and Policies
Wilson, JamesQ.; Piereson, James
B00KS IN REVIEW - "American Government: Institutions and Policies" errors men have made and Thomas does it creditably . Those who took capitalism for granted and sought " higher moral values " may have indeed paved the way for the...
Paid articleZebra
Howard, Clark; Parrish, Mike
B00KS IN REVIEW - "Zebra" democratic claims should have led to the decline of those institutions closest to the people--the parties and the state and local governments-and to the strengthening of two institutions...
Paid articleWho's on First
Buckley, William F. Jr.; Shattan, Joseph
B00KS IN REVIEW - "Who's on First" with admission into a fraternity of "Death Angels." In adding up scores, high marks were given for killing women and children. Despite the killers' fervent avowals, their religious commitment...
Paid articleThe Right Stuff
Wolfe, Tom; Ross, Mitchell S.
B00KS IN REVIEW - "The Right Stuff" He never travels without his capsule of cyanide, and he never goes to sleep sober. Devoted in equal measure to vodka and the Russian classics, Bolgin also follows the Western press. "Do...
Paid articleCorrespondence
Correspondence - Stylistically, he shows signs of improving with age. I have disparaged his reliance upon pet phrases like "the right stuff" and "the Genteel Gent" (the press) , but there...
Paid articleCurrent Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
"Current Wisdom" Antioch Review What follows are passages from one of a series of interviews with unemployed people conducted by Harry Maurer, who beg...
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