A Captivating Jeremiah Amidst Us

Still more puzzling is the failure ofnmost critics to answer Solzhenitsyn'snfundamental premise, which he spellednout quite clearly in his speech. Arguingnthat the failure of Western willnreflected a cause deep within our politicalntraditions, he concluded that: "Thisnmeans that the mistake must be at thenvery root, at the very foundation ofnthought . . .