Dear Editor
Dear Editor The Real Opposition In "Beating the High Price of Politics" (NL. August 5). Reuven Frank admirably destroys the main arguments against public financing of political campaigns, t would...
...Having glanced at the work in question, I can only say that Charles Deemer's review ("Up the Creek...
...Be that as it may...
...New York City Roger Jones Into the Fray I have been following with rather bemused astonishment the controversy over Annie Dillard's Pilgrim at Tinker Creek taking place in the pages of The New Leader during the past few months...
...American politicians and religion-, leaders (let alone fox-hole converts) to stop demeaning each other and begin observing the spirit of the separation of church and vlale...
...New York City Alexandra Latham...
...Still...
...Happily...
...I would append to Woodcock's conclusion that Whistler was a precursor of today's multimedia artist the observation that the current vogue for Whistler is merely part of a larger contemporary esthetic phenomenon, namely the revival of interest in non modernist painting from the Victorian and fin de siecle periods...
...I have long been a dedicated fan of Simon's, and now I am glad to see he has been joined by Ms...
...As a singer he was unique...
...Obviously, they .ire not eager to give up this advantage in future races for reelection...
...quite clearly, a highly literate, widely read person, someone who knows her own mind and how to use it...
...August 5) can redeem a writer who possesses the mind of a twittering juvenile and the style of a failed poetaster...
...Simon distinguishes between a film critic and a film reviewer...
...Baltimore Henry R. Scott Church and State Walter Gsodman's "Prayer Meeting" ("Fair Game...
...Cavell...
...New York City Jason Kindelberger The Vocal Astaire I rarely write letters to the editor...
...if a public servant cannot survive without the benedictions of the cloth, we cannot but suspect the strength of his faith no less than his confidence in how he is performing in office...
...June 24) was wholly accurate...
...As the system now works, those already in office can almost always expect to receive more in contributions than their prospective challengers...
...Marcia Cavell falls into the first category...
...In reality, the major source of resistance to public financing comes from incumbent senators and congressmen who know they have everything to lose and nothing to gain from the proposal...
...But I thought Bruce Cook deserved at least a small piece cf praise for pointing out what so many Fred Astaire enthusiasts ignore: The man who made high art out of tap dancing was also an excellent singer ("Whistling in the Dark...
...Whistler falls between two stools, being neither purely academic nor wholly modern...
...New Haven Sidney R. Fleischer Whistler George Woodcock's review of Roy Mc-Mullen's Victorian Outsider ("The Importance of Being Synthetic...
...Moreover, she obviously loves movies as an art form, not simply as a mindless time waster...
...June 24 )T Astaire's vocal qualities cannot be measured by the standards of grand opera-Any more than his dancing can be judged according to the principles of ballet-yet if one takes the time to listen to his records, especially the early releases, one will discover a world of pure delight...
...Reuven Frank admirably destroys the main arguments against public financing of political campaigns, t would venture, however, that he overestimates the resistance of the average voter to the idea...
...Neither the huffy feminism of Hope Hale Davis (Dear Editor...
...To judge from the results of referenda on campaign reform in California and elsewhere, a substantial majority of the public favors removing the influence of big money from politics and is willing lo have its tax dollars used for that purpose...
...August 5) and then turn to the back of your magazine and find an excellent example of what he was talking about...
...NL, July 22) seems lo be calculated to offend everyone, regardless of religious creed...
...As Cook says: "Astaire . . . couldn't read a line of dialogue, much less sing a song, without instilling it with that peculiar rhythmic charge which seemed to suffuse every move he made...
...In the light of present tastes, therefore, he manages to offer something to everybody...
...he couldn't have chosen a more deserving cast of characters for ridicule...
...If a minister, priest or rabbi needs the aura of associating with those in high office, we may legitimately question both his piety and his devotion to his congregation...
...The first, as he notes, '"must be as fully a human being as possible: as many-sided, cultivated, civilized as can be": the second, on the other hand, is either a commercial hack or a parochial fanatic, obsessed, consumed and...
...July 8) nor the hysterical mysticism of Laszlo T. Kiss (Dear Editor...
...Detroit Michael Smith Comments on Critics How pleasing it was to read John Simon's fine essay, "On Being a Film Critic" (NL...
...NL, August 5) was well done, and his estimation of James Whistler's place in history is correct...
...indeed, emulsified by movies...
...She is...
...Certainly it is time for The New Leader welcomes comment and criticism on any of its features, but letters should not exceed 300 words...
Vol. 57 • September 1974 • No. 17
