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Vol. 015 Issue 003 (March 1 1982)
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The Continuing Crisis
THE C O N T I N U I N G CRISIS _9 J a n u a r y , and j u s t weeks a f t e r t h e j o u r n a l i s t s a p p r i s e d t h e i r customers throughout the Republic of a world now sweltered at...
Editorial / We Dedicate This Hole . . . /Johnny Eros
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
E D IT O R I A L R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. WE DEDICATE THIS HOLE... The broiling controversy continues over the Vietnam Veterans Memorial proposed for Washington's Mall. The design accepted by...
Capitol Ideas / Proletarian Evolution
Bethell, Tom
It goes without saying that Mr. Holmes is duly exercised over child abuse and violence in the home. And he is a creative type, having written over 17 television scripts and " a t least" five...
The Dilemmas of Conservatism I
Rodman, Peter W.
THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR VOL. 15, NO. 3 / M ARCH 1982 Peter W. Rodman THE DILEMMAS OF CONSERVATISM I. Reagan the diplomat. America's intellectual adjustment to the world since 1945 has been full...
The Dilemmas of Conservatism II
Wilson, James Q.
James Q. Wilson THE DILEMMAS OF CONSERVATISM II. Reagan the politician. The remarkable accomplishments of President Reagan's first year in office should not blind us to the...
The Matter with Reaganomics
Reynolds, Alan
Alan Reynolds THE MATTER WITH REAGANOMICS Will it meet the supply-side standard? Those who would blame our economic problems on last year's policy changes face a difficult task. They must...
The Liberal World Confronts the Reagan Era
Nuechterlein, James
James Nuechterlein THE LIBERAL WORLD CONFRONTS THE REAGAN ERA After a year in the political wilderness, liberals remain bewildered. To understand the reaction of the American Left to the...
Presswatch / Kicking Around Reagan
Barnes, Fred
KICKING AROUND REAGAN b y F r e d Barnes Brace yourself. This is going to run counter to a habit of thinking that conservatives have understandably developed over the past two decades, namely...
The Nation's Pulse / Reflections in a Silicon Eye
Kenner, Hugh
December that Reagan is misunderstood if judged by his five hours a week of official meetings. "Outside his allotted five hours, Mr. Reagan is not simply reading Variety. He is...
The Talkies /Jogging to the Finland Station
Bayles, Martha
JOGGING TO THE FINLAND STATION by Martha Bayles During the second half of Reds, Warren Beatty's film tribute to John Reed, there is a sequence in which Reed travels with the Bolsheviks through...
Spectator's Journal / Population Lost
Wattenberg, Ben J.
lucinatmg, the heroine of Reds proceeds on a smooth track under the blue skies of a peaceful Finland, well equipped with skis and provisions and a fetching wool hat--not to mention a male...
Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey
Naipaul, V. S.
B 0 0 K R E V I E W S What a wonderful travel book V.S. Naipaul would have written, had he written a t r a v e l book! His eye is accurate and tireless; his sentences are deceptively simple...
Monty: The Making of a General (1887-1942)
Hamilton, Nigel
interfere with the enjoyment of life on a natural level. Still, all religions, however much they may quarrel on other points, agree on this one: Religion makes a difference. Naipaut's...
Mornings on Horseback
McCullough, David
gravest emergencies. Similarly, he would drive his men hard, when necessary, but placed particular importance on the kinds of small creature comforts and recreation that keep soldiers...
Within the Whirlwind
Ginzburg, Eugenia
did not captivate those who viewed politics as a practical art of horsetrading or, worse, of jobbery, bribery, and pillage. Nor were TR's early views at all remarkable. The...
Presidential Anecdotes / The Oxford Book of American Literary Anecdotes
Boiler, Paul F. Jr.; Hall, Donald
teaching children to say "We love Comrade Stalin better than Mommy or Daddy" buying safety at too high a price ? She was never sure. But she knew she was not the only one to feel moral qualms...
Correspondence
over, Mr. Osbourne was even barred from using raw liver, which he throws and spits during his performance. Earlier in the month Mr. Osbourne received a precautionary treatment for rabies after...
Current Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
C U R R E N T W I S D O M The Wall StreetJmmml Four Platoes respond to the illustrious Journal's trinity of essays discoursing on the Soviets' development, distribudon, and use of...
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