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c o R R e s P o n d e n c e The Ideal Realist I enjoyed W. James Antle’s gentle and well-reasoned refutation of the arguments in Michael Gerson’s Heroic Conservatism (“Hero Worship,”...
...Magnet suggests, tion Reversals,” TAS, Dec...
...The opposite of an idealist is not a realist...
...To think that thoroughly assimilated Americans...
...The American Spectator Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit and our federal tax identification number is 23-7002632...
...While any debate goes on, they will have had their way of senseless social changes, special rights, and fuzzy borders...
...2008...
...It is the fault of us, the American people, who have allowed our school systems and our courts and elected officials to ghettoize immigrant students by denying them the opportunity to learn the one thing that would help them, more than anything else, in adapting to life in the United States: fluent spoken and written English...
...In Denial is a virtue of intelli gence, just freedom to exist at all...
...Their kids were dumped into the New York Public Schools, where there were no “Bilingual Education,” “English as a Second Language,” or even English immersion programs...
...LYNDa (LEa) MEYERs Arlington, Virginia point, I have in mind Roger Scruton and James Bowman...
...all the while, the liberals will have twisted the meaning and intention of a fundamental doctrine for individual liberty and independence established over 200 years ago...
...HaNa scHOLz Peterborough, Ontario open to serious debate especially Hispanics (“Immigra- and go on, as Mr...
...2007–Jan...
...You (and he, and if you in his understanding of liberalism accountants (and doctors, I would (“Truth and Self-Censorship,” TAS, publish this, I) will undoubtedly add), and for their children to be be labeled “nativist,” and “racist,” Dec...
...Debate either entirely or partly in their 8 T H e a M e R I c a n s P e c T a T o R M a R c H 2 0 0 8 is a liberal paradise because talk without a function for decision is endless like a carrousel, and would continue until the Sun blows up...
...Though I like politics proper, I think cultural issues are very important as well...
...By juxtaposing an idealist and a realist, Mr...
...There’s also nothing wrong with getting a laugh with the news...
...and Greg Gutfeld, mainly), and I really like the articles that cover cultural issues from a conservative perspective (on this For further information please contact Patrick Pyles, Director of Development at 703-807-2011 ext...
...censorship of alternative views has None, or little, of that happens One point Mr...
...MiLEs a. WHiTE iii Wheat Ridge, Colorado speak english Congratulations to The American Spectator for having the courage to publish Myron Magnet’s thorough and sensible review of the problem of immigration, and the nonassimilation of the new minorities, importance of immigrants learning English, and the difference in attitudes toward English skillsacquisition between the earlier waves of immigration and the present...
...The true opposite of an idealist Idealists bravely test their ideas, liberals and counterfeit idealists rely on redistribution of money, somebody else’s...
...Try populist...
...but it needed to be said...
...The American Spectator Foundation, 1611 North Kent Street, Suite 901 Arlington, VA 22209 fresh Impressions I am writing to offer my input as The American Spectator marks its 40th anniversary...
...The kids may be pushed on into higher education, but it is with language skills that will consign them to a permanent secondclass status—and, if the laws are prop erly administered, prevent them from becoming American citizens...
...When my immigrant forebears arrived in the U.S...
...Antle is doing a disservice to both...
...Thank you for your magazine, always a pleasure...
...This isn’t the fault of the immigrants, though some (not all) seem to approve the arrangement...
...M a R c H 2 0 0 8 T H e a M e R I c a n s P e c T a T o R 9 aLEx s. casON Menard, Illinois...
...c o R R e s P o n d e n c e The Ideal Realist I enjoyed W. James Antle’s gentle and well-reasoned refutation of the arguments in Michael Gerson’s Heroic Conservatism (“Hero Worship,” TAS, Dec...
...Conservative...
...Yet other conservative news magazines and newspapers are either indifferent or afraid when it comes to challenging those liberal monopolies, focusing exclusively on politics in a relentlessly mirthless style...
...2008...
...In the short time that I have been reading the magazine, however, I have discovered at least two aspects of it that set it apart from other conservative news magazines: It has a sense of humor (here I’m thinking of R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr...
...They learned English quickly—and they went home and helped their parents conquer the peculiarities of our grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation...
...and now as always in the distant past, it is a matter of enforcement...
...The same was true of other immigrant families from other parts of Europe and Asia...
...Social a meaning of freedom-for-all, not America, our doctrine must remain protocol and equality of rights without privilege preserves freedom for all Americans...
...for the kids, it made it possible to excel in school c o R R e s P o n d e n c e “native” languages, and acquire English slowly and inadequately, if at all...
...2008...
...around 1900, they didn’t speak English, either...
...Idealist...
...Let Your Legacy Be One of Freedom...
...A realist is a pragmatic idealist...
...It was sink or swim: and with the adaptability (and language acquisition facility) of the young, they swam...
...Support The American Spectator in Your Will One of the best ways to ensure future generations have access to a powerful voice in conservative journalism is by including The American Spectator Foundation in your will...
...Besides, why should conservatives cede culture and humor to the liberals...
...I would like to thank The American Spectator for recognizing that our culture and a sense of humor are important...
...However, the article provided me with a pretext for articulating an old peeve: Idealism and compassion do not belong to liberals, leftists, or their apparent cousins, “the heroic conservatives...
...The kids are “educated” make with sufficient emphasis: the against liberalism is naïve...
...25 or pylesp@spectator.org...
...Their parents don’t have the benefit of the kids learning enough to help them improve their own skills...
...2007–Jan...
...Magnet did not prevented anything functional now...
...I have only been a subscriber for a year, so I don’t know what I’ve missed prior to the fall of 2006...
...2007– Roger Scruton seems to have a flaw to become lawyers, engineers, and Jan...
...Acquiring English helped enormously: for the adults, it made it possible to work in jobs that did not isolate them in a linguistic ghetto, and it made them eligible for citizenship, an important step on the road to cultural and political assimilation...
...A realist is an idealist who is aware of the limitations of a particular idea and of his own abilities...
...Those on the left aren’t even funny, and who would defend what they’ve done with our culture...
...while skepticism is nothing but a playground of ideas about ideas...
...is a cynic, a nihilist, an idealist who lost faith in the power of ideas, maybe a hedonist and often a European...
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