Correspondence
Correspondence Lacking conviction? Fairfax, Va. To the Editors: For the first time since 1937, I have read an editorial in Commonweal which is of weak construction and is poorly written-"The...
...I cannot agree that Phyllis Schafly leads a movement...
...makes to this evil, whether in the form of propping up, in every way, brutal dictatorships (such as are to be found all over "the free world") which use terror tactics as the normal tools of governing and/or creating/ maintaining, arming, funding and training subversive groups within a country whose government doesn't fit into the U.S.A.'s plans for the area, and whose job (the subversives', that is) it will be to get rid of said unwanted government for the U;S...
...DAN O'NEILL Commonweal is indexed in Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, Catholic Periodical Index, Index of American Periodical Verse, Book Review Digest and Book Review Index...
...To the Editors: Betty Friedan has never enjoyed a sympathetic reception in the pages of Commonweal, but the flippant review of The Second Stage by Margaret O'Brien Steinfels is unjust and unkind [Dec...
...CARROLL T. DOZIER, D.D...
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...Certainly there were excesses in the woman's movement...
...The literary style leaves something to be desired and there is no index...
...25], endorses and promotes the Reaganite line on this issue while ignoring the massive contribution that the U.S.A...
...We have seen them in the civil rights movement and old socialists used to deplore their "lunatic fringe...
...These qualities do not characterize Steinfels's review...
...p. 54, Sojourners...
...Did you lack conviction...
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...But the whole book does not address itself (with proposed solutions) to any particular problem...
...His work is that of a frustrated general essayist, using television as a springboard to muse rather boringly about America...
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...It is not a movement, because it isn't going anywhere, because its whole aim is preserving the status quo...
...JOHN RIEGER Roots to peace Memphis, Tenn...
...But Friedan, whose 1963 book did set in motion some forces that brought about significant gains for women, comes through as reflective, generous and concerned about men and women...
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...Instead, he writes sporadically about whatever strikes his fancy...
...I would like, however, to point out how the influence of the Commonweal during all these years has had its part in the continual struggle to surface the value of non-violence...
...There's a good word to describe such books: propaganda...
...With Arlen I never get this feeling...
...I remember with gratitude your encouragement when I first addressed this question...
...improve it.I can't remember him ever using his clout to encourage artists to continue their work and expand their visions or to help audiences discover a show...
...Television deserves better than "gentleman" critics like Arlen, who write about it with all the enthusiasm of James's "A Beast in the Jungle...
...To the Editors: Your editorial concerning the movement of the bishops of the United States in addressing nuclear weapons is an excellent accomplishment [Dec...
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...If it had not been Schafly, it would have been someone else...
...The cardinal sin that Arlen commits is lack of interest in his work...
...This is not to say that Friedan's book does not have some serious shortcom...
...I find Mr...
...K. TAYLOR Detrimental to the craft Los Angeles, Calif...
...He admits accepting the role of television critic on a whim, so obviously the passion that he brought to such subjects as the Black Panthers and Vietnam is missing...
...p. 42, "The Journey of John Paul II," WOR-TV...
...I also think his work is detrimental to the craft of criticism itself...
...Illustrations: Cover and p. 48, Emit An-tonucci...
...He neglects to tell us, however, how he would change of...
...When we see the growing concern of the officialdom of the church, please know that your continuing efforts of education in this field has been the root from which the virtue of peace is beginning to sprout...
...Now that it is quite clear, that qualitatively television holds its own with the overall output of books, film and theater, any snobbishness towards the medium is as silly as the attitude theater people had toward movies in their heyday...
...He keeps telling us that he likes the medium but not the programming...
...While it is not necessary that a critic be in love with the subject he is reviewing, I think he should like it or at least be able to see the possibilities inherent in such a medium...
...Its thesis is that new strategies must be developed and that women must give more attention to theif desires for families...
...ELIZABETH GIBSON Sterling propaganda Winnipeg, Manitoba To the Editors: Claire Sterling's book on international terrorism, The Terror Network, [Review, Sept...
...She is simply the articulate spokesman of the forces of reaction that oppose women's liberation...
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...There are always excesses in movements of the oppressed...
...Judging from his passive approach to television, (Continued on page 62) Correspondence (Continued front page 36) one might think he was a double agent acting in behalf of zealots who write books like "The Plug-in Drug" and "Four Arguments for the Elimination of Television...
...He never takes the time to discuss the regular comedies, dramas, daytime programming, the work of P.B.S., sporting events, etc...
...Bishop of Memphis Unkind to Friedan Rochester, N.Y...
...To the Editors: For the first time since 1937, I have read an editorial in Commonweal which is of weak construction and is poorly written-"The Bishops as Peacemakers" [Dec...
...Steinfels criticizes Friedan forgoing to West Point and not inveighing against the military establishment...
...Arlen to be a poor television reviewer and an uninteresting social observer...
...Friedan went to West Point to inform herself on the status of women and families in the armed forces and she came back with some rather interesting findings...
...To the Editors: I must respectfully disagree with Pope McCorkle's favorable review of Michael Aden's The Camera Age [Sept...
...Steinfels complains that Friedan does not address herself to the situation of the most oppressed women, the very poor...
...Second-class postage paid at New York, N.Y...
Vol. 109 • January 1982 • No. 2
