CORRESPONDENCE
CORRESPONDENCE Books, Critics Belvedere, Calif. To the Editors: Of all the reviews of my book, John Maher of Delancey Street, Carlo Weber's {Commonweal, Sept. 10) was by far the most perceptive,...
...Weber stands alone in grasping the simple but essential distinction between Delancey Street and its parent group, Synanon, a difference summed up by John Maher's tribute to his teacher and Synanon's founder, Chuck Deder-ich: "Dederich impressed me because he took no money...
...reminded me of conditions in N.Y.C...
...Its practitioners have measurably improved the quality of material life, not at the expense of, but at the total sacrifice of (I hesitate to use the word the spiritual life of man...
...27} was thought-provoking, if not downright frightening...
...I suggest this time technology, not any political ideology, is the god that's failing...
...LORETTA LOMBARDO...
...His paraphrase of the current political stance"Without firm guidance there is only pandemonium, a perpetual 'me-first' shoving match...
...10) was by far the most perceptive, and one of the very few that made sense...
...Weber is also unique in his refusal to lapse into the comfortable but misleading pigeon-holing of Maher as a "guru...
...To the Editors: Thomas Powers' article on "Indira's India" [Aug...
...Most reviews either quoted from the jacket, or displayed such off-the-wall hostility and misinformation as to reinforce my conviction that American book critics, as a rule, do not read the books they review...
...My thanks to Commonweal for treating this ground-breaking social movement and its charismatic founder with the seriousness they both deserve...
...GROVER SALES Indim Brooklyn, N.Y...
Vol. 103 • November 1976 • No. 23
