By any assessment, W.B. Yeats was an extraordinary man who led a more active and varied life than most poets. As R.F. Foster says, he was "a poetic genius who was also, both serially and simultaneously, a playwright, journalist, occultist, apprentice politician, revolutionary, stage-manager, diner-out . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the...
Principalities & Powersrnbv Samuel FrancisrnRacial PoliticsrnWhatever the new Republican majorityrndoes with the immense congressionalrnpower it seized in last November's elections,rnit will probablv be unimportantrncompared to the force that started tornemerge in the same elections and whichrnthe national leadership of the RepublicanrnPartv, and even more the DemocraticrnParty, tried to . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now...
Convicted traitor Clayton Lonetree wept as he described his upbringing on an Indian reservation orphanage and with his father, a brutal alcoholic. The Marine Corps was, he said, a way out of his misery, although his principal reasons for joining were patriotic. The military jury, unmoved by his arguments . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe...
"I am rich in letters. . . . " —Horace Walpole Alexis de Tocqueville was an immensely prolific writer. His friend Gustave de Beaumont wrote that "for one volume he published he wrote ten; and the notes he cast aside as intended only for himself . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the...
in her black-and-white view of thenworld as she was in her personal relationships.nIn West's postmortem, reality andntruth have as much weight as any othernopinion, and she has been draggednover the coals by all and sundry, evennby her only son, who had noted cynicallynthat his mother thought . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access...
The Latest Jewish Ghettornby Jacob NeusnerrnHfc.rn• ^ J l l f c -rn,:t,Bf:--- * TTKBrn*••'''• • " • I ^ ^ M f f W ^rn•^^Orrn^^>P i^S^ __a.rn^^^tSpife-- '^rn.•'*-iirti«i»sVt;lii«'" . Jrn•Jfe-:..rnLong before ethnicity became the focus of studying neglectedrngroups and cultures—the black . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the full article and...
ChroniclesrnA M A G A Z I N E OF A M E R I C A N C U L T U HErnPERSPECTIVErnLand Without Justicernby Thomas FlemingrnRendering ever}' man his due.rn10rnVIEWSrnDeformations of Justice by PhiHp JenkinsrnThe presumption of innocence and other fair)' tales.rn"Social" Justice Is Not . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to...
CORRESPONDENCErnLetter From Alabamarnby Jeffrey TuckerrnThe Truly Dangerous SnakesrnSomeone must have put a snake on arnfence, because it's raining for the firstrntime in weeks. ]cxx the Barber knowsrnwhat causes weatlier changes, and if yournare fortunate enough to count yourselfrnamong his clientele, he'll explain it. Forrnexample, Jerry knows a woman . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now...
From the September 1986 issue of Chronicles. “I am rich in letters. . . . “ —Horace Walpole Alexis de Tocqueville was an immensely prolific writer. His friend Gustave de Beaumont wrote that “for one volume he published he wrote ten; and the notes he cast aside as intended only for himself would have served...
In her Preface to this collection, Catharine Savage Brosman tells the reader that these essays are of three kinds: recollections of her own life and family, commentaries on literature, and examinations of the current state of American culture. Taken together, her essays, Brosman says, are “an exercise in seeing . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe...
PERSPECTIVErn. ^ WETHE^ ^ ^ Srn^^ ^sr J^wrnTurn to the Dark Sidernby Thomas FlemingrnAs members of the House of Representatives were movingrntoward impeachment hearings that should make Bill Clintonrn—whatever the outcome—one of the most infamous politiciansrnin American history, Republicans in both houses of Congressrndecided to give the President everything he . . . Subscribers Only...
phy Chutzpah, I was struck by his deftnmanipulation of a particular image, thatnof an aggrieved member of an immeasurablynvictimized group, the victimizationnof which is somehow the inexpiable faultnof white heterosexual Christian males.nCuriously, it is never made clear whonthe victim is. It is not all Jews, for Dershowitznvents his contempt . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe...
CHRONICLES BACK ISSUES, TAPES, AND BOOKSrnOn Islam, Multiculturalism, and ImmigrationrnHEALING THE SCHISM—December 1998—Father Hugh Barbour lays thernground for an anti-ecumenical ecumenism, Harold O.J. Brown presents thernProtestant view of church unity, and Wayne Allensworth explains what's wrongrnwith Western evangelism in Russia. Plus Thomas Fleming on ecumenism . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the...
Republicans hold America’s reddest large urban constituency in Tarrant County, Texas. The locals consider its seat, Fort Worth, a “Mecca for conservatives.” If any place in America should be beyond the reach of progressivism, it is these 900 square miles of Lone Star land. And yet, a recent incident within the Keller Independent School District...
I had the distinct feeling I had seen the book somewhere before. It was almost like the old cinematographic cliche: close-up of the Treblinka torturer's face in a dream sequence, a faded photograph shot in sepia tones, men running through the courtyard. The title was respectable enough . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to...
“April is the cruelest month,” wrote T. S. Eliot in the opening line of what is regarded as his greatest poem, “The Waste Land.” For President Joe Biden, the cruelest month is surely August of 2021, which is now mercifully ending. When has a president had a worse month? On the last Sunday in August,...
ChroniclesrnA M A G A Z I N E OF A M E R I C A N C U L T U II ErnPERSPECTIVErnIt's Stupid, the Economyrnby Thomas FlemingrnCulture and immigration.rn10rnVIEWS VITAL SIGNSrnSweet Land of Libert^' b^ Murra' N. Rothbardrn hat it means to be an "American . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now...
whence the title of Stendahl's LenRouge et le Noir. With the onset ofnindustrialization the red flag becamenthe emblem of the first "socialistrevolutionaries,"npopping up in Parisnand Lyon during the textile workers'nriots of April 1834. Subsequently drivennunderground by a ferocious repression,nit reappeared in February 1848,nwhen the red . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the...
foonery and delusion. Like Swift andrnWaugh, he takes ferocious delight in displayingrnpeople at their ugliest, their mostrnswinish, their most feckless.rnAmis likes to take us inside his narrativesrnand show us how he works his tricks.rnIt's the postmodern thing, but with nonernof the solemn self-importance Americanrnpractitioners flaunt. Amis . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access...
ChroniclesnA MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN CULTUREn"/ was ever of opinion^ that the honest man who married and broughtnup a large family, did more service than he who continuednsingle and only talked of population."n---Oliver Goldsmithn--- PERSPECTIVEnVIEWSnConspicuous Benevolence and the Population 18nBomb by Garrett HardinnWhy good fences make good neighbors.nA . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to...
These days everyone is having second thoughts—about Vietnam and the 60's, about American history, about what it means to be a liberal and what it means to be a conservative. Rather than be left out of the rewrite, I too have been having second thoughts about what . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to...
ChroniclesnA MAGAZINE OF AMERICAN CULTUREn"Mj hold of the Colonies is in the close affectionnwhich grows from common names, from kindred blood,nfrom similar privileges, and equal protection. These arenthe ties which, though light as air, are as strong as linksnof iron."n--- Edmund BurkenPERSPECTIVEnVIEWSnThe Future of American Nationalismnby Clyde . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to...
Rafael Palmeiro has ED. How do I know? He told me. He told you, too. Heck, he told the whole country about 15 years ago. He went on national television (while intermittently swinging a big bat—Freudian subtlety is lost on the Madison Avenue types) to say that he . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now...
of Discrimination Against Women, the 1989 Convention onrnthe Rights of the Child, and the 1990 International Conventionrnon the Protection of All Migrant Workers and Members ofrnTheir Families. Article I proclaims that Bosnia and Herzegovinarn"shall remain a Member State of the United Nations."rnNational sovereignty is surrendered in Article II . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now...
The demands of life are endlessly self-contradictory. It is a supreme compliment in intellectual life, for example, to be called original; but it can be alarming to discover something—so alarming that people have been known to turn tail and run when they do. To take a philosophical . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to...
alitv of the common life-world bv makingrnthe distinction between primary andrnsecondary qualities, which he borrowedrnfrom the ancient Atomists. Smith's solutionrnto the bifurcation problem also hasrnan ancient proenance, for his assumptionrnthat discrete components of ourrnlife-world—observer and phenomenon,rntime and space, primary and secondaryrnqualities—are "distinguishable aspectsrnof one . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the full...
4 Comment Edward J. LynchnOpinions & Viewsn6 Mindless Intelligence Samuel T. Francisn----James Bamford: The Puzzle Palacen8 Media Magic: Victories into Defeats Robert Nisbetn---^Peter Braestrup: Big Storyn12 Dwarf as Giant Mary Ellen Foxn---Pablo Neruda: Passions and Impressionsn14 Rocking a Leaky Boat Daniel J. O'Neiln---^Robert Scheer: With . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the...
tition while practicing it avidly,nthat my silent competition withnJim Agee led me to reach a betterndecision about my future occupationnthan the one I might havenreached without it. By competing Inlearned where not to compete.nHomans was also fortunate in pickingnup his sociology largely on his own andnunder the inspiration . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now...
Why don’t y’all try to guess—go ahead—which American region, in its unofficial anthem, celebrates food. Answer? The South. Permit me, Suh: Dar’s buckwheat cakes and Injun batter, Makes you fat or a little . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the full article and gain access to other exclusive features. Already a subscriber?...
Is President Obama a “change agent” on the level of Franklin D. Roosevelt, with a New New Deal comparable to FDR’s New Deal? Michael Grunwald’s book details the enactment and operation of Obama’s almost $800 billion stimulus bill, officially called the American Recovery and . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the full...
what happened when the music began.rn"Yes!" She was thrilled.rnWe talked for some time. She thoughtrnwe Americans had never been a tribe; Irntold her I thought that once we had.rnWliether or not I was right, she made thernwisest remark of the night. She was jokingrnwhen she answered . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access...
On November 4, 2008, voters decisively rejected the Republican Party, voting for Barack Obama over John McCain by a margin of 52.8 percent to 45.9. Obama won 365 electoral votes to McCain’s 173, including every state in the Northeast and industrial Midwest; every state on the . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access...
GREAT TOPICS—GREAT ISSUESrn•'/)/(/(.JrnNATION UNDER GOD—December 1997—ThomasrnFleming praises intolerance, D. George Leech outlines arnChristian foreign policy, William A. Donohue discussesrnthe last respectable bias-anti-Catholicism, Llewellyn H.rnRockwell, Jr. shows why the Christian right needs Econ.rn101, and Harold O.J. Brown questions the ethics ofrnclergy.rnMANIFEST . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the full article and gain access...
iitors is apparently crowded witl: Albanianrnnames — has called upon his terrorist/rnlieroin-trafficking buddies to go easy.rn"The news is filled," Dole confessed inrnUSA Today, "with ominous reports ofrnpower grabs, town-hall occupations,rnnuirderous reprisals, black marketeering,rnextorhon, violent intimidation of Albaniansrnand Serbs alike, and property confiscafionsrnby self-appointed . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the full article...
Joe DiMaggio, where have you gone? One could add Babe Ruth, Bobby Hull, and Dick Butkus. On good days American sports stars were treated more as gods than as mortal heroes, but on bad days they were booed mercilessly by fans. Booing is a grand old American tradition, but . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe...
FJwa: GREAT TOPICS—GREAT ISSUESrnif.rnPRIVATE JUSTICE—JANUARY 1998—ThomasrnFleming on private justice, Michael Hill on Celtic revenge,rnBarry Baldwin on blood feuds, and Jeremy Blackrnon how the state monopolizes violence. Plus DavidrnKopel on burglary and the armed homestead, Stephen P.rnHalbrook on Switzerland and its armed citizenry, andrnGeoffrey Wagner . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the full...
and social mechanics of Thebes, Miletos, or Athens. By thenfifth century, city-dwelling Greeks of the middle and uppernclasses were making sure that their boys received instructionnin the arts of public speaking and debate, and this rhetoricalncurriculum dominated ancient higher education down tonthe very end of antiquity.nThe object of . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now...
1958, France. Although this is an idea that can be found inrnSieyes' writings at the beginning of the Thermidorian period, itrnis alien to the French revolutionary tradition, which is characterizedrnby what is called "parliamentary absolutism." It hasrnnonetheless become a common element of 20th-century constitutionalismrnon both sides of the Atlantic . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe...
Institutions survive because the old teach the young. The Quakers who founded Haverford and Swarthmore colleges in Pennsylvania had to admit that the Holy Spirit could use the help of explicit teaching to back up His direct conversation with the human heart. For ages the Church has asked the young to memorize its basic teachings...
zens. Wliile they often, if not always, go too far in their advocacyrnof markets over families and commnnities, libertarians andrnclassical liberals are not vTong to remind us of the dangers ofrngovernments which may speak the language of national interestrnbut more often cater to their richest and most powerful clients.rn . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe...
"Progress needs the brakeman, but the brakeman should not spend all his time putting on the brakes." —Elbert Hubbard The case for pessimism has been easy to make since Lincoln, and mandatory since Franklin Roosevelt. Today, not much is left of . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the full article and gain...
A “progressive” rap on “social conservatives”: All they crave is power to tell you whom to sleep with, and how, and what god (if any) to worship. This contrasts, naturally, with broad-minded types of the progressive persuasion, who don’t care what you do, morally speaking, so long as you don’t say or do anything insensitive...
As I was finishing up an embroidery of a Maya Angelou poem while contemplating Jamie Smith’s profound and almost mystical use of parentheses and italics, I almost split my PJs and spilt my latte when I read that not-my-president Trump called the MS-13 “gang” a bunch of “animals.” With deranged determination, I tweeted my #disgust...
Decades ago, a debate over what kind of nation America is roiled the conservative movement. Neocons claimed America was an “ideological nation” a “creedal nation,” dedicated to the proposition that “all men are created equal.” Expropriating the biblical mandate, “Go forth and teach all nations!” they divinized democracy and made the conversion of mankind to...
I’m hiding out—from the Census Bureau. True, they usually don’t send out U.S. marshals with guns and handcuffs. But I’m playing it safe anyway, because the Bureau has been after me since I failed to fill out its treasured questionnaire, “The American Community Survey . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the full...
Valkyrie Produced and distributed by United Artists Directed by Bryan Singer Screenplay by Christopher McQuarrie Slumdog Millionaire Produced by Celador Films Directed by Danny Boyle Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy from Vikas Swarup’s novel Distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures
“America refuses to address the pervasive evil of white cops killing black men, and I will not stand during a national anthem that honors the flag of such a country!” That is the message Colin Kaepernick sent by “taking a knee” during the singing of “The Star Spangled Banner” before San Francisco ’49s games in...
haing a holiday of his own is very gratifying to Hberals. But ifrnan admirer suggested that King is the archetypical American,rnmany would regard this as bizarre.rnThe third characteristic of fascism is militant nationalism.rnThis was manifesti}- the case with Hitler and Mussolini. Americanrnliberals, on the other hand, are . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to...
"Settles once and fornall ttie question ofnmedia bias in America."n-- Mono Charen, formernspeechwriter for PresidentnReagan.nFrom the publishers of Media-nWatch, a new book. And That'snthe Way It Isdit) provides 350npages of summaries, excerpts andnreprints of more than 45 studiesnthat demonstrate the media'snhberal bias. A one-stop . . . Subscribers Only Subscribe now to access the full...
PERSPECTIVE Johnny Rocco’s Worldby Thomas Fleming VIEWS “Vampire-Loving Barmaid Hits Jackpot”by James O. TateThe commodification of culture.