Chronici€isrnPi’-./pr .; Cor-M’S ~ ^rn,., ^^^rnChroniclesrnA M A G A Z I N E OF A M E R I C A N C U L T U R ErnPERSPECTIVErnDeracinated Americansrnby Thomas FlemingrnThe path of the Wandering Jew.rn10rnVIEWSrnLord, I Got ITiose Grays Ferry Blues 14rnb)- E. Michael JonesrnGonna fly now.rnFood Stamps for Farmers and Other Absurdities 17rnby Chilton Williamson, Jr.rnPower, empire, and the loss of American commimity.rnNot Separate and Not Equal 20rnby Roger D. McGrathrnThe San Fernando Valley.rnCommunitarians, Liberals, and Other Enemies 23rnof Community and Libertyrnby Donald W. LivingstonrnScaling back the Enlightenment.rnREVIEWSrnVITAL SIGNSrnTHE OLD REPUBLIC: The Costs of Warrnb- Clark Stooksburvrn34rnBurnham Agonistes 30rnby Samuel FrancisrnDaniel Kell}’: James Bumham and the Strugglernfor the World: A LifernClyde Wilson on Edmund Morris’s Theodore Rexrnand The Selected Letters of Theodore Rooseveh, editedrnby H.W. Brands • • H.A. Scott Trask on Thomas j .rnDiLorenzo’s The Real Lincoln: A New Look at AbrahamrnLincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War •••rnThomas Fleming on William Smith’s and TheophilusrnD. Hall’s Smith’s English-Latin Dictionary •••rnJeffrey Meyers on Gustav Klimt: Modernism inrnthe Making, edited by Colin Bailey • •rnCORRESPONDENCErnSpider-Man, Y Tu Mama Tambienrnby George McCartneyrnTHE HUNDREDTH MERIDIANrnby Chilton Williamson, Jr.rnDEPARTMENTSrnLetter From London: A London Political Bestiary 41rnby Derek TurnerrnLetter From Venice: American Italics, or Revelation 43rnAccording to P.T. Barnumrnby Andrei NavrozovrnLetter From France: Out With the New 44rnby Michael McMahonrnLetter From the Countryside: Educating for Jeopardy 46rnby Mar’ Berr’ SmithrnPOLEMICS & EXCHANGESrnCULTURAL REVOLUTIONSrnPOETRYrn1937 and To Cit^ Plannersrnand Question and Answer by Robert BeumrnON THE COVERrn50rnTHE NEW REPUBLIC: M L K and Terrorismrnby Paul GottfriedrnPOLITICS: Conservative Balance-of-Powerrnhv Greg KazarnRELIGION: Memo to Worship Leaders: Shut Uprnby Jeremy LottrnCOLUMNSrnTHE B.RE BODKINrnby Joe SobranrnREACTIONARY RADICALS/RADICAL REACTIONARIESrnby Justin RaimondornTHE ROCKFORD FILESrnby Scott P. RichertrnSIGNS OF THE TIMESrnby Srdja TrifkovicrnIN THE DARKrn52rn53rn54rn13rn26rn38rn48rn55rn57rn4rn7rn12rn16rnCover and inside illustrations by Jeff Drew.rnJULY 2002/3rnrnrn