ChroniclesrnA M A G A Z I N E OF A M E R I C A N C U L T U R E PERSPECTIVErnTurn Left at the Renaissancernby Thomas FlemingrnThe beginning of sorrows.rn10rnVIEWSrnSocialist Realism from Giotto to Warholrnby Andrei NavrozovrnThe enhghtenment of perspective.rnAll Roads Lead to Florencernby Fr. Hugh Barbour, O. Praem.rnLost and found on the path to Rome.rnExcerpt From Petrarch’srnThe Ascent of Mount VentouxrnExcerpt From Pico Delia Mirandola’srnOration on the Dignity Of ManrnREVIEWS • ^ L_ V 1 L— V V «_yrnDixie Dystopiarnby Clyde WilsonrnLloyd E. Lenard: The Last Confederate FlagrnEllen Williams: Bedford: A World VisionrnJern- Bledsoe: Death by ]oumahsm?rnOne Teacher’s Fateful Encounter with Political CorrectnessrnStephen B. Presser on R. Kent Newmyer’srnJohn Marshall and the Heroic Age of the SupremernCourt • • Jeremy Lott on Chris Matthews’ NowrnLet Me Tell You What I Really Think • PaulrnGottfried on David Brock’s Blinded by the Right:rnThe Conscience of an Ex-Conservative • • J.O.rnTate on Ceorge Garrett’s Going to See the Elephant:rnPieces of a Writing Life • •rnCORRESPONDENCErnLetter From Pakistan; Dubious Alliesrnby Doug BandowrnLetter From Palermo: North and Southrnby Andrei NavrozovrnT • • X^ rri 4 11 11 rin* • -i TT7 11rnLetter t rom 1 exas: All the I ime in the Worldrnby Wayne .llensworthrn14rn19rn22rn23rn24rn27rn35rn38rn39rnLetter From Southern Asia; Afghanistan, Kashmir,rnand South Asian Securityrnby Raju G.C. Thomasrn / | T A | c;ir;NCirnV 1 1 A A L >JI V J I > JrnTERRORISM: The Next Intelligence Crisisrnby Philip JenkinsrnCULTURE WARS: Revamped by the Psychic ‘Vampiresrnby Marian Kester CoombsrnThe Ghost of Islam in the Balkansrnb’ Tomisla- SunicrnRacial Conflictsrnby Chris SegurarnCOLUMNSrnBREAKING GLASSrnby Philip JenkinsrnPRINCIPALITIES & POWERSrnby Samuel FrancisrnTHE ROCKFORD FILESrnby Scott P. RichertrnTHE AMERICAN INTERESTrnby Srdja TrifkovicrnIN THE DARKrnThe Rookie, Clockstoppersrnby George McCartnevrnDEPARTMENTSrnPOLEMICS & EXCHANGESrnCULTURAL REVOLUTIONSrnPOETRYrnSweet OlivernandrnSyzygy by Catharine Savage BrosmanrnQM THF rOVFRrn* ^ l > M I L V„v_y V CIXrnCover and inside illustrations by H. Ward Sterett.rn40rn43rn44rn45rn47rn13rn32rn34rn41rn49rn4rn7rn12rn28rnJUNE 2002/3rnrnrn