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Vol. 016 Issue 008 (August 1 1983)
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The Continuing Crisis
THE CONTINUING CRISIS June passes, and the luminous image of a silver-haired Pope in Poland is intaglioed on the minds of millions of Americans. Bravely facing down the bully boys of a demented...
Editorial / Bulbous Tip / Pedalphilia
Tyrrell, R. Emmett Jr.
EDITORIAL BULBOUS TIP by R.Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. I have been wrong to call House Speaker Thomas P. O'Neill Congressman Falstaff. I apologize. There is indeed buffoonery in his yelps and furies over...
Presswatch / Honeymooning at Williamsburg
Barnes, Fred
PRESSWATCH HONEYMOONING AT WILLIAMSBURG by Fred Barnes Not to belittle President Reagan's performance last month at the economic summit in Williamsburg, Virginia, but the nearly unanimous praise...
Eric Hoffer, R.I.P
Bethell, Tom
Tom Bethell ERIC HOFFER, R.I.P. Stopping by the old man's aerie for one last visit. Eric Hoffer, the longshoreman philosopher whose first book The True Believer caused a stir among intellectuals...
Happy Birthday, Benito
Lukacs, John
John Lukacs HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BENITO "You're the top! You're the Great Houdini! You're the top! You're Mussolini!'' -Cole Porter (unexpurgated) .Denito Mussolini was born one hundred years ago,...
McCarthyism Aims Right
Muravchik, Joshua
Joshua Muravchik McCARTHYISM AIMS RIGHT Imitation is the highest form of flattery. We approach the thirtieth year since -Senator Joseph McCarthy passed from the political limelight, but there are...
Love's Tory
Mallon, Thomas
Thomas Mallon LOVE'STORY Maggie, don't you be so mean! It was, in the end, pretty much about her. Everyone knew it would be, just as they knew she'd win, and just as they knew she'd be wearing...
European Document/The Great Ukrainian Famine
Motyl, Alexander J.
EUROPEAN DOCUMENT THE GREAT UKRAINIAN FAMINE by Alexander J.Motyl Througho'ut the world this year Ukrainians are commemorating a grisly fiftieth anniversary. Thanks to Stalin, a great famine...
The Nation's Pulse / Polling the Future
Rothman, Stanley; Lichter, S. Robert
THE NATION'S PULSE POLLING THE FUTURE by Stanley Rothman and S. Robert Lichter Are Americans returning to traditional values, or has a somewhat watered-down version of the adversary culture of the...
The Talkies / A Cartoon Odyssey
Bayles, Martha
THE TALKIES A CARTOON ODYSSEY by Martha Bayles At is becoming a tradition: Star Wars, The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., and now Return of 'the Jedi. Spring brings the printed...
The War Over the Family / In Defense of the Family
Brigitte; Berger, Peter L.; Kramer, Rita
BOOK REVIEWS THE WAR OVER THE FAMILY: CAPTURING THE MIDDLE GROUND Brigitte and Peter L. Berger/Anchor Press-Doubleday /$14.95 IN DEFENSE OF THE FAMILY: RAISING CHILDREN IN AMERICA TODAY Rita...
Dangerous Relations: The Soviet Union in World Politics, 1970-82
Ulam, Adam B.
DANGEROUS RELATIONS: THE SOVIET UNION IN WORLD POLITICS, 1970-82 Adam B. Ulam/Oxford University Press/$25.00 Arch Puddington Although revisionist theories about U.S.-Soviet relations are for the...
The Europeans
Barzini, Luigi
THE EUROPEANS Luigi Barzini/ Simon and Schuster/$14.95 Franz M. Oppenheimer After reading The Europeans, one can think of few greater pleasures than being at a dinner party with Luigi Barzini. He...
Statecraft as Soulcraf
Will, George F.
STATECRAFT AS SOULCRAFT: WHAT GOVERNMENT DOES George F. Will/Simon and Schuster/$13.95 Adam M eyerson George Will's first full-length book will greatly disappoint admirers of his newspaper and...
The End of the World News
Burgess, Anthony
THE END OF THE WORLD NEWS Anthony Burgess / McGraw-Hill Book Co.V $15.95 Reid Buckley I was first steered to Anthony Burgess back in the 1960s. He had been at the writer's trade a few years only,...
Spectator's Journal / True Believers
McGurn, William
SPECTATOR'S JOURNAL TRUE BELIEVERS Jtiver wonder why most literary awards these days seem to go to the same people? Why those who parade down the aisle to collect their prizes seem to have...
Current Wisdom
Jackasses, Assorted
CURRENT WISDOM Commonweal : Another odious example of what passes for thought in a leading religious gazette: You must draw distinctions between authoritarian and totalitarian governments. This...
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