Correspondence
Correspondence YOU'RE NO BILL BUCKLEY Having read David Brooks's editorial advocating conservatives abandon the concept of small government ("The Era of Small Government Is Over," Oct. 2), I...
...Furthermore, we should let the business community take care of its own trade and investments with the traditional support of local embassies...
...First, the Larry David story about Jesus was a joke...
...While there are polling data that show Americans are averse to big government (a recent poll in liberal New York showed overwhelming opposition to the nationalization of health care), I would expect a journal of ideas to support principles whether they are popular or not...
...David worked on Seinfeld, and the "pop-in" comment is a direct reference to the show...
...But we should insist on their help, and not bear the burden alone...
...Where was the governor's faith when he vetoed this bill...
...GARRETT BROWN San Diego, CA EASY ON THE COMPASSION Once a new slogan like "compassionate conservatism" gets into the mainstream, it becomes fair game for everybody...
...Second, Bush may state his faith on the stump, but when it comes to his record, his Christianity is harder to find...
...For instance, in the debate over the inheritance tax, we heard Democrats dismiss the bill as catering only to a tiny percentage of wealthy individuals, and the public nodded its head in agreement...
...If Bill Buckley had adopted your reasoning in the 1950s, he would have supported the mushy Republicanism of Eisenhower and the modern intellectual/political conservative movement would never have materialized...
...ALLEN ROTH New York, NY Reading David Brooks's editorial, I wondered what reason there could be for his ease of mind and lack of anxiety over conservatives' loss of principle and courage...
...They call into question the fundamental distinction between foreign and domestic policy...
...While this may be courageous, it introduces a framework too easily perverted towards something quite the opposite of what Feaver and Malesky intend...
...Republicans should have proclaimed the actual number of people affected and seized on the opportunity to make the public aware of the distortions created by the current tax code, which benefit tax attorneys and accountants...
...He certainly relies on polling data as much as Clinton does...
...Such data should be read not as a sign that conservatives should yield to public opinion, but rather as an indication that they are failing to educate the public about their positions...
...JEFF DANIELS Austin, TX...
...Let's avoid an attitude of, if not the word, "compassion" in our foreign policy...
...It's true enough that in a world of dwindling size, we may wish to participate in programs of assistance in concert with the United Nations or regional organizations...
...2), I encourage The Weekly Standard's editors to read Nock's Our Enemy the State, Hayek's Road to Serfdom, Friedman's Capitalism and Freedom, and Anderson's Revolution...
...We need conservative politicians, community leaders, and political commentators to educate the public about the intellectual case for conservatism...
...RIDDELL Tampa, FL Feaver and Malesky present an intriguing argument...
...That idea has already gotten us involved in too many foreign goodwill missions under the current administration and crippled our ability to cope with major threats to our security...
...We don't need a complacent attitude about our "downhill path" to serfdom...
...Governor Bush vetoed legislation that would have provided quicker sentencing and better legal representation to indigent Texans...
...I don't know the history of Brooks's political ideas, but for a conservative, hasn't he "turned around and adopted [Clinton's] priorities...
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...A bit more detail would be necessary to prevent this unintended consequence...
...PETER KORMAN Jenkintown, PA CRUEL TO BE KIND FRED BARNES'S "A Kinder, Gentler Bush Offensive" prompts a couple of responses (Oct...
...Is it fair to conclude if Reagan challenged Ford today you would support Ford...
...But there is no need for a "compassionate foreign policy" as such, if it implies anything more than protecting America's security and vital interests (Peter Feaver and Edmund Malesky, "A Compassionate Foreign Policy...
...But Brooks should know better than that...
...Many Texans on death row are victims of sub-par representation...
...We did not hear Republicans in Congress or many in the conservative press point out that the oft-quoted percentage is actually a gross under-representation because of the number of people who shelter their inheritance...
Vol. 6 • October 2000 • No. 5
