The Leaning Tower of Babel

define---or to redefine---the nature andnpurpose of American civilization. Thenweapons deployed in this war include thenmedia, direct-mail solicitation, and politicalncampaigns whose substance is morensymbolic than programmatical; yetnbecause both sides defend radicallynopposed ground and argue on separatenrhetorical planes, each finds itself speakingnpast the other. Between them, debatenis finally impossible . . .