^^ ^^^-n”.rnChroniclesnA MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN CULTUREn”Here too the lariat, the Indian, the yearling.nHere too the secretive and unseen bird . . .”n— Jorge Luis BorgesnPERSPECTIVEnVIEWSnFrom El Paso to Plymouth by Richard Estrada 18nHispanic contributions to American culture.nBlood at Eastertide by Chilton Williamson, jr. 21nDeath in the afternoon in Juarez, Mexico.nPoems by Jorge Luis Borges translated by 26nRobert MezeynTexas, Melville, John 1:14, and Adam IsnYour Ashes.nOPINIONSnAn Empirical Jean-Jacques Rousseau bynPeter J. StanlisnMaurice Cranston: The Noble Savage: Jean-nJacques Rousseau, 1754-1762. Reassessing thenpolitical hermit of France.nFaith of Our Fathers by Marion MontgomerynEllis Sandoz: A Government of Laws: PoliticalnTheory, Religion, and the American Founding.nPolitical Sermons of the American Founding Era:n1730-1805, edited by Ellis Sandoz. Why politicalnscience should be scrapped for political philosophy.nREVIEWSnAlbert Jay Nock’s Essays in Social Criticism arenmore pertinent than ever, argues BradnLinaweaver • Paul Hollander’s Anti-Americanismnpinpoints what leftists really hate, writesnWilliam Hawkins • William Murchisonnrecommends Joseph Califano’s The Triumph andnLiterature and Freedom by Mario Vargas LlosanThe difficult rise of the Latin American novel.n28n32n35nTragedy of Lyndon Johnson • Harold Frommnshows in Academic Capitalism that he knows whatntenured radicals are truly after, reports GregorynMcNamee • William Nolte has high praisenfor the Complete Collected Stories of V.S.nPritchett •n14nCORRESPONDENCEnLetter From the Lower Right: Home Movies 41nby John Shelton ReednLetter From New York: Long Hot Summer, 42nLong Cold Winternby Murray N. RothbardnLetter From Ireland: The Easter Rising and 45nthe IRA by George WatsonnVITAL SIGNSnThe Love That Dare Not Speak Its Namenby Stephen ProvizernNoni by Clinton W. TrowbridgenDEPARTMENTS —nPOLEMICS & EXCHANGESnCULTURAL REVOLUTIONSnPRINCIPALITIES & POWERSnThe Jungle of Empirenby Samuel FrancisnON THE COVERnCover by Krystyna Jachniewicz.nnn47n48n4n7n11nAPRIL 1992/3n