ifiers, like Time, declared that thensounds they made were music, poetry,nart, rebellion, expressions of trammeled,ninvaluable instincts. The corpses ofnthose who were trampled to death,nknifed, shot, or who just O.D.’ed onndrugs began to mark this trail of culturaln”progress.” And nothing indicatesnthat it s ending.nFinally, this last episode shows thatnthe word “expiation” should be deletednfrom the English vocabulary. The Who,nor others of their ilk, will participate,ndirectly or indirectly, in events whichncould have lethal consequences, and notnfor a moment will it occur to them orntheir followers that people should atonenfor their deeds. After all, SenatornKennedy was implicated in the death ofna human being, but he would not donpenance for it by withdrawing from publicnlife, where he should be an exemplar.nDecency of feelings, once called redemption,nhas been smothered by the liberalnculture.(LT)nPolish JokenWomen’s Wear Daily, whose editorsnbelieve that a see-through blouse isnWestern civilization’s top accomplishmentn(as if they were unaware that somentribes in New Guinea are far ahead ofnthem in being en vogue), interviewednMr. Zbigniew Brzezinski, PresidentnCarter’s national security adviser, onnfashionable topics. Asked about whatnhe was thankful for on Thanksgiving,nMr. Brzezinski answered gracefully andnmodestly:n”I’m thankful for myself becausenAmerican security is in safe hands.”nThis was said in the middle of Novembern1979, when fifty Americans withnthe status of diplomatic immunity werenbeing handcuffed, blindfolded, and mistreatednin Teheran. Mr. Brzezinski’snwit and tactfulness surely impressed thenWWD editors, those arbiters of elegancenand sophistication. DnTournalistnnThe Lincoln Reviewnby Allan C. BrownfeldnFor years, the assumption has beennwidespread that skin color determinesnpolitical, economic, and social pointsnof view. A black, this common wisdomnhas told us, is inevitably to be foundnin that sector of the political spectrumnwhich supports government interventionnin the economy, expansion of thenwelfare state, increased power and influencenof labor unions, and a foreign andnmilitary policy which defers to the demandsnof domestic spending and governmentalngrowth.nEvidence is mounting that this assessmentncould not have been morenmistaken. We encounter in the publicnarena more and more black intellectuals,nbusiness leaders, and political activistsnwho have rejected the narrow and confiningnbox into which they have beennplaced. Finally, a quarterly journal whichnrepresents this budding body of thoughtnhas appeared.nIt is called the Lincoln Review andnits editor is J. A. Parker, a successfulnblack public-relations man who has longnbeen active in conservative politicalncircles. Mr. Parker served as assistantnto the Director of the Office of EconomicnOpportunity under PresidentnNixon, and his public-relations firmnrepresented the new Republic of Transkei,nthe African state which achievednindependence from South Africa inn1976. He is the author of a criticalnbiography of Angela Davis and is thenco-author of a book about blacks andncrime.nThe first issue of the Lincoln Reviewnappeared in the spring of 1979 and includedna cover story about GeneralnChappie James, one of the most inspiringnexamples of black nonconformitynMr. Brownfeld is on the staff of thenLincoln Review.nnnwith the liberal culture’s black stereotype.nIt also featured an article by blackneconomist Walter Williams, of TemplenUniversity, discussing how minimumwagenlaws have resulted in racism bynkeeping the unskilled work force out ofnthe market. Labor unions, he argues, aren”liberal” when it comes to advancingnwelfare-state philosophies, but narrowlynself-serving when it comes to keepingnblacks out of the competition.nThe Lincoln Review’s second issuenincluded an interview with the blacknsuperintendent of the Washington, D.C.npublic-school system, Dr. Vincent Reed.nDr. Reed calls for a return to basic education,ntraditional skills, discipline innthe classroom, and an end to “socialnpromotion.” He says: “We went throughna decade of saying to youngsters, ‘Donwhat you want to do. They know whatnthey want, let them do it.’ It has provennthat they don’t know what they want.nThey need some guidance and for yearsnthey’ve been crying out to us adults tontell them about life and where theynmight want to go …”nIn response to the Lincoln Review,na black columnist. Clay Perry of thenMilwaukee Journal, wrote: “The firstnissue of Lincoln Review is impressiven. . .” Economic columnist LouisnRukeyser wrote in his syndicatedncolumn: “A remarkable new group ofnblack intellectuals is posing the firstnserious threat to the notion that blacksnshould be a permanent, monolithic leftwingnforce in the American economy …nThe Lincoln Review .. . recognizes thatnwhat blacks truly need is what all Americansnneed: greater economic opportunity,nvigorous economic growth, a curbnon inflation and excess government generallyn. . .” The Wall Street Journalneditorially described the Lincoln Reviewnas “a new magazine with somethingnimportant to say about the futurenJanuary / February 1980n