action agreements with the NAACP or Jesse Jackson. If it is onlyrnbecause they feel threatened, let them begin to understandrnthat majorities can threaten as well as minorities. At one time,rnthat list included the many popular soft drink companies andrnmany fast-food chains. My solution is to drink iced tea and stoprnat the diner. Down in Georgia, the Holiday Inn and otherrnchain motels are refusing to fly the Georgia state flag, becausernit includes the Stars and Bars. What, you say your greatgrandfatherrnenlisted in the Grand Army of the Republic? Inrnthat case, he probably would not want to see the flag of his enemiesrndishonored. By the golden rule of nationalism, if yournwant your own nation, culture, and religion respected, yournmust acknowledge the respect that is due to others. I prefer notrnto buy my groceries either from Ku-Kluxers or from those whornfund their black counterparts in the NAACP.rnSince some boycotts are illegal or, at the very least, invitationsrnto lawsuits, I am not recommending any specific action.rnHowever, this is a case where we can take instruction from thernleftists who refuse to invest in companies that trade with SouthrnAfrica or pollute the environment. My advice is to spend yourrnmoney exactly as if you are voting. If you do not like a company’srncorporate policies, then why in God’s name are you subsidizingrnwhat you believe to be evil? Because of the Georgiarnflag controversy, I have forbidden my children to drink Goca-rnCola, and since Pepsi is even more disgusting than Coke, theyrndrink root beer, preferably not one of the national brands, becausernif men and women really believe in restoring local community,rnthey ought to begin by shopping with their neighborsrninstead of with the national chains whose business it is to driverntheir neighbors into bankruptcy.rnBack in McGlellanville, we tried to buy the better part of ourrngroceries from Bob Graham’s store, even though there werernlower prices and a much better selection 25 miles away in eitherrndirection. What will you do in a storm, I used to ask myrnneighbors, if Bob Graham is forced to shut down, and wherernwill you go at the last minute? Does the A & P or Piggly Wigglyrngive you credit, like Mr. Bob, who only once, when I wasrnfour months late, wrote on my monthly bill, “Could you givernme a little help on this?”rnI have heard all the arguments why WAL-MART is a goodrnneighbor to small towns and how we all come out ahead in arnfree market with open competition based on price. But I havernalso seen how these things operate with my own eyes. A milernfrom my house there is a small shopping center, which used tornhave both a small, locally owned supermarket and a local pharmacy.rnWhen a large national chain decided to open up a superrndrugstore, it not only took the place of the only supermarketrnin my neighborhood where I could buy wine, but it alsorninsisted that the shopping center terminate the lease on the oldrndrugstore. To this day, my wife and I try to buy medicine anywherernbut from that super drugstore or one of its thousands ofrnsister stores all across the country.rnOne of the problems with cities like Rockford is not that theyrnare provincial but that they are not provincial enough. The lackrnof parochial commitments seems to drain community of its lifernand reduce Main Street America to strip malls and fast-foodrnchains. All good places, whether Paris, France, or Paris, Kentucky,rnare particular and peculiar, and it does not matter sornmuch whether the local cuisine is crepes or chicken-fried steak,rnbecause if it is local, it is bound to be better than any portioncontrolrnservings trucked into Chi-Chi’s.rnChesterton and his distributist friends used to tell people torngo only to the little shops and to avoid the big stores in downtownrnLondon. This policy was due in part to their concern forrnlocal community, but it also reflected their conviction thatrnsmall, specialized shops—greengrocers and butchers andrnapothecaries—are more human than department stores and supermarkets.rnIn much of Europe, life is still carried out on thernhuman scale, and if we wish to humanize life here in Americarnand make it safe for our faiths, then we must regard every dollarrnwe spend as an investment in our vision of heaven or hell.rnThere is a stupid joke about the man who crossed a parrot withrna lion. “What did you get?” asks a stranger. “I don’t know, butrnwhen he talks, I listen.” In a commercial society, like Carthagernor the United States, money talks, and it talks so loud that itrndrowns out all the voices of faith and music and love as it parrotsrnendlessly its litany of “the real thing” and “the choice of arnnew generation.” We must learn to make our money speak ourrnown language. We must learn to make it roar.rnLIBERAL ARTSrnNEW WORLD ARMY, NKW WORLD BAl’TLESrnFioni the )uly 12 BuUetin of the Etjuaj Emplf)vment/t3qual l^pportunity Offiti- of tlie U.S. Milifury Kntrnnce Processing Commandrnin North Chicago, Illinois:rnII. EB:0/Et) Case Anal^is.rnCnmplainant’s Basition: Complainant alleges she was sexually harassed when: ‘JTie ISGT asked her out on several occasions and askedrnto visit her at her house…rnFindirign:… un .sexual harassment. However, a conflict of leadersliip styles did exist.rnAnalym: Improve conimunicatioas by conducting awareness icssions on leadership styles…rnHI. Calendar of C)l>servanLCS.rnAugust 26, /y>4. H’oTncn’s r.quality Day.rnSeptember I ^-Oclnher ] 5, J W4. National Hispanic Heritage Month.rnOcto/jcT 1W4. National Disabihty Employment Awareness Month.rnNnvewher J W4. National American Indian Ileritage Month.rn16/CHRONICLESrnrnrn