dom, whose high priests preach libertynof opinion but live by intolerance andnsuppression of views. Thus, we rejoicednwhen reading the most recent offeringnfrom New York City. It is entitled thenCultural Watchdog Newsletter, with ansubtitle: “Reviewing the Reviewers.”nIt is published by an energetic gentlemannby the name of Louis Ehrenkrantz,nwho is a radio personality, a man ofnletters and...

A. At this writing, there are 96 femalenspecial agents in the FBI. J.nEdgar Hoover never married, rarelynescorted women to social functions.nThere is no evidence, however, thatnhe was a homosexual. He seemed tonThe Libcultural MadnessnAs a rule, it begins with marxism, anso-called sensitivity to the needs of thendowntrodden and the abomination ofninjustice. Then comes an injection...

believes that The New Yorker’s readersnare his best potential clientele.nWhich confirms our suspicion aboutnthe linkage between the Liberal Culturenand all the “Reverend” Jim Jonesesnof this country.nNev^f York’s Literary CriticismnNew York Magazine, the rosary ofnlibcultists, on Dirty Work: the CIAnin Western Europe, the latest oeuvrenof Mr. Philip Agee, an admirer of thencommunist world enterprise:n”This is not...

But, Gross reports, therapists who haventhemselves undergone therapy are subsequentlynless effective at “curing” patients.nControlled studies show thatngroups of patients kept on “waiting lists”nto see psychiatrists get better in thensame proportion as those who arrivenin time to tell their troubles. This isnhardly encouraging, suggesting stronglynthat time heals psychic wounds regardlessnof the psychiatric couch. Psychiatristsn(whose suicide rate...

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Editor^s CommentnIn contrast to what the liberal propaganda infuses intonthe popular American consciousness, the modern secularnantiliberalism is fundamentally an intellectual movementnwhich — thus far — has yet to reach the masses in a coherent,npolitically processed manner. A few decades ago, itngained impetus from a group of university professors whonperceived the moral horrors of communism, the...

in an uncompromising way.nX he matrix of liberal heinousness, villainy and deceit isnthe media. These are, indeed, strong epithets, but they donnot originate in anger, rather in a necessity for precision.nDuring the last midterm election, anchormen of all threennetworks reported on the victory of the conservative senatornfrom North Carolina, each hastening to add that his...

opinions &. ViewsnA Tale of Two Ef (ph)ronsnNora Ephron: Scribble Scribble:nNotes on the Media; Knopf; NewnYork.nby Kenneth KolsonnWhen Thomas Jefferson and AlexandernHamilton squared off “like twoncocks” in Washington’s first cabinet, itnwas understood that the ground rulesndid not prohibit the press from beingnemployed as an instrument of partynwarfare. Accordingly, Jefferson andnJames Madison brought Philip Freneaunto Philadelphia...

Democratic candidate, HubertnHumphrey, for the Presidency overnhis Republican opponent.n—The networks actively opposed thenRepublican candidate, RichardnNixon, in his run for the Presidency.nIn summary, “the Presidential campaignnof 1968 and its major issues were handlednin a partisan fashion by all threennetworks.” Efron exhaustively documentednthis partisanship and its multifariousnforms of expression, whichnranged from blatant propagandizingn(for example, a reporter’s characterizationnof...

lessly dishonest old hack HubertnHumphrey is until you’ve followed himnaround for a while on the CampaignnTrail. . . . [Humphrey] should be putnin a goddamn bottle and sent out withnthe Japanese current.”nMr. Thompson’s unique brand ofnlunacy is entertaining, to be sure, but itnis also instructive insofar as it representsnthe New Journalism in its mostnpure form....

New York Daily News, or People, orneven the National Enquirer? Hencenmy conviction that while the New Journalism’sndisrespectful treatment of thenOld may (like Khrushchev’s denunciationnof Stalin) be good for a heartynchuckle or two, it should inspire thosencitizens most sensitive to the claims ofnjustice to demand that Ms. Ephron andnher cult-followers be given the skeweringnthat they so...

rabbis wouldn’t be so excited. Psychoanalysisntoo is received as a panacea bynmany. Bits and pieces of it are givennout, out of context (e.g., Scientology),nto solve all problems; and the dubiousnpractitioners who offer them in evernnew distortions acquire the prestige lostnby institutionalized religion. The healingnpseudo-sciences or therapies havenbecome a growth industry. Understandablynso: if cancer is widespread,...

Saint Marx or OversimplificationnJacques EUul: The Betrayal of thenWest; Seabury Press; New York.nby Paul GottfriednThe Betrayal of the West is JacquesnEllul’s latest indictment of particularnaspects of modern culture. In hisnearlier books and in his lectures asnprofessor of law at the University ofnBordeaux, Ellul gained a reputationnfor himself both as an apologist fornChristian revelation and as...

In spite of his ridicule of leftist obscurantism,nEllul leaves little doubtnabout his own allegiance to revolutionarynradicalism. He asserts that “liberal,nbourgeois capitalist democracy”nnever honored its commitment to “thenindividual, reason, and freedom”; “thenvalues [that bourgeois democracy] proclaimednwere abstractions; they werenalgebraic signs and hypocritical justificationsnof a reality that was utterlyndifferent.” At the same time, “thenLeft, and only the...

GNP and the Spiritual Defects of Modern MannIrving Kristol: Two Cheers for Capitalism;nBasic Books; New York.nby Stephen Maloneyn”Even if we are spared destructionnby war, our lives will have to benchanged if we want to save life fromnself-destruction. We cannot avoid revisingnthe fundamental definitions ofnhuman life and human society. Is itntrue that man is above everything?...

our times consists of Nixon and Krushchevnarguing over the number of televisionnsets in America. In a world withoutnideas, numbers become the onlynreality. The great summas of the pastnseem to have been replaced by pocketncalculators. Instead of examining thencontents of heads, we count them. Kristolnsays our society is now based on thenquestionable assumption that “”there isnno...

Ignorance, Power, and LibertynTom Wicker: On Pr^i^/Viking Press;nNew York.nby Jeffrey St. Johnn””Most of the evils that continue tonbeset American journalism today, inntruth, are not due to the rascality ofnowners, nor even to the KiWaniannbombast of business managers, butnsimply and solely to the stupidity,ncowardice, and Philistinism of workingnnewspapermen. The majority ofnthem, in almost every American city,nare...

zona Republican as a Nuclear Napoleonnabroad and a heartless characternout of Charles Dickens’ Oliver Twistnat home. “”For the first time in a fifteenyearncareer in journalism,” Wicker observednof the angry fists of the 1964nGOP delegates directed toward thenCow Palace’s press box, “”I was forcednto acknowledge to myself that my colleaguesnand I were hated and feared bynmillions...

to curb a political-military disasternlargely of our own making. “Perhapsnif many of us in Saigon,” he replied,n”had had that same vision of the futurenas you, things might have turned out anlot different than they did.”nWicker writes of Halberstam andnSheehan as colleagues with clean hearts,nhands and consciences when it comes tona war which is the basis...

Wicker wants liberty for the press, butnnot for others. This is why he is guilty,nalong with most of the liberal newsnmedia, of moral and intellectual treason.nOut of ignorance and an arrogancenof power unchecked by any modesty ofnmind and heart, the Wickers of thenworld are the gravediggers of our freensociety, all the while believing in thenbalderdash...

runaway inflation and worthless money.nBut until that happens, the real irresponsibilitynand almost certain bankruptcynare shielded behind the flood ofndollars.nMr. Simon declares that his greatestnconcern is with the loss of individualnfreedom and the economic despotismnthat now prevails in the United States.nHe pulls no punches in describing thenimpact on the ubiquitous regulationsnand bureaucratic controls by which theynare...

of the historical scene exchange insightsnwith Mr. White — has thendepth of a bowl of soup. Even journalsnexceedingly friendly to Mr.nWhite, in which he’s considered a contributor,ndid not hesitate to term hisnideas about history commonplace. Tonus, Mr. White and his creative-intellectualnprofile was best epitomized bynan interview in Women’s Wear Daily,nin which he enunciated:n”The moment of...

daughter, now an addlebrained wreck,nused to fly to “people’s demonstrations”nin Washington in her corporatenCessna) makes them into doleful caricatures,ntheir money problems and currentnaspirations sound both trivial andnabominable. What’s worse, their I.Q.s,nas cast against dilemmas that plaguenthem at stage time, seem not to havenrisen much since the time of their supposedlynglamorous follies — the greatntimes of...

rich in Hollywood’s old catechismnnever were abstractions of evil; in thenend they were either examples for thenpoor to emulate, or partners in somensort of moral rehabilitation, or adversariesnin life’s vicissitudes. This kindnof millionaire populism seemed wholesome,nrational and acceptable to everybodynin America; practitioners likenJohn Ford and Frank Capra had nontrouble bringing America to tears ornexultation, and...

a war made it politically unprofitable;nthis malaise at the top made everybodynaround so fed up that soldiers justnpacked their bags and left the battlefield.nIt was America that acquired thenhonor of introducing such a novelty innthe historiography of warfare.nIf both victory and defeat can inducena national renaissance as well asndemoralization and decline ^—whatnshould be the aftermath...

vided into nine years of active dedicationnto communism and 48 years ofnfierce fighting against it. What Timenmeticulously does not report is thatnSilone left the Communist Party inn1930, and, until his death, he not onlyndenounced the communist revolutionnand the Soviet state as the ultimate inn”tyrannical degeneration,” but also wasnthe leading figure in the Italian anticommunistnideological and...

Polemics & ExchangesnThe Subtleties of Propaganda or Twelve Angry Men Revisitednby David H. HirschnThe purpose of Reginald Rose’s finenscript for the 1957 movie TwelvenAngry Men seems to have been tonmake the case for humane treatmentnof the accused. A first viewing tends tonleave the viewer with the feeling thatnjustice has been done and that the jurynsystem...

during the trial; the testimony of annold man, who says that he heard a bodynfall to the floor of the apartment abovenhim and that he then hastened to thenstairwell where he saw the accused runningndown the stairs; and finally, thentestimony of a middle-aged bachelornwoman who says she saw the accusednactually stab his father just as...

manipulating the other jurors he is notnacting out of pure principle but is satisfyingnsome ego need of his own that isnnot revealed to us? The convicters arenlaid bare: Begley is a cheap bigot; Marshallna heartless robot; Cobb a narrowmindednfailed father. But who isnFonda, and why is it necessary to concealnhis true identity? Fonda appearsnto be...

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CommentnWe are repeatedly asked to explain what we mean by thenterm “Liberal Culture”—the one combination of words perhapsnmost often used in these pages.nThe general impression is that whatever it means we do notnlike it. This is correct.nSo before we venture into subtle reasoning on what wenmean by what, it should be stated forcefully and unequivocallynthat...

No one, to our recollection, has tried to summarize thenLiberal Culture’s overall stance, so let us try.nThe Liberal Culture has a philosophy. It is based on mistakingnthe spontaneity of life instincts for indeterminism. Such anview of the nature of life brings permissiveness forward as thenultimate guide for existence and behavior—it establishes then”truth” that whatever is...

opinions & ViewsnA Timid Call to ArmsnJohn Gardner: On Moral Fiction;nBasic Books; New York.nby Thomas MolnarnJLet me say right at the beginning:nJohn Gardner’s book is, as the formulangoes, a refreshingly sane approach tonliterature. It cuts through the fat ofnliterary criticism’s accumulated cliches,nand it condemns these cliches not merelynas boring manifestations of an ossifiednintellectual/artistic orthodoxy but—thisnis...

service of material life. Material, togethernwith hygiene, morality, and internationalngood order.” A menu to discourage anynrobust Balzac whose appetite for realityncould not be easily obstructed.nThus most of our writers, young andnthose who were once young, are willynillyncast in the role of Oliver Alden.nThe nation asks nothing of them beyondnentertainment and shock. Hence, butnGardner makes no...

The Spiritual Splendors of Weakness and MyopianGraham Greene: The Human Factor;nSimon and Schuster; New York.nby Mary Ellen FoxnAs Lshenden, James Bond andnGeorge Smiley, those notable protagonistsnof the novel of espionage, are waynstations signaling the changing naturenof the genre. Somerset Maugham’s alternego was an amateur who nonethelessncarried out his patriotic obligationsnduring World War I in accordance...

Castle’s facade of placid reliability is anman of divided loyalties and intensenhatreds. When Castle did field work innSouth Africa, he learned to loathe thengovernment of apartheid there, whichnmade his love for Sarah, a black and hisnfuture wife, a crime. Their escape fromnSouth Africa was aided by the Communists.nA mixture of gratitude to his benefactors,nas well...

Feelin’ Good as a Catholic DilemmanMary Gordon: Final Payments;nRandom House; New York.nby Christopher ManionnIsabel Moore, it seems, has a problem:nher father, whom she nursednthrough eleven years of illness, has died,nand she must get on with the businessnof living—sell the house, get a job, meetnnew friends, and decide what to do withnher life. She must step...

But, of course, it is not. For IsabelnMoore, the Church has failed because itnhas failed in its ultimate mission to makenher happy, or feel good: and these twonalternatives slowly ooze into one, whilensuffering remains the scourge of annangry God whom we cannot love, sincenwe cannot hurt Him back. And, sincenwe are all ultimately selfish, the...

considerable press comment on ThenWorld According to Garp has been stimulatednby the reviewers’ hope that theirnremarks will be reprinted in a futurennovel by Irving, or in a posthumous onenby Garp.nWhy a professional novelist mightnwallow in autobiography of the mostnobvious kind should be viewed with understanding—ifnwithout compassion ornordinary human kindness. From whennthe typical author awakes in...

might as well be a discreditednformer politician.nThe true contemporary touch is thatnafter having put together’ a “highly commercial”nnovel, and after having begunnto benefit from his publisher’s highlyncommercial promotion techniques, JohnnIrving went before Radcliffe PublishingnProcedures course as himself, not simplynas T.S. Garp, and attacked the “Hollywoodization”nof book publishing. ThatnMan’s Real ThingnJames Jones: Whistle; DelacortenPress; New York.nby...

sincere writer.nThe Sergeant’s troubles were not,nthank heaven, sexual. They stemmednfrom congestive heart trouble—a conditionnthat afflicted the author. It flowsnfrom a weakness of the heart that isnprogressive, and which leads to an accumulationnof fluids in the body. The mortalitynis about fifty percent, though patientsnwho lead austere and cautious lives maynlast a long time. Sergeant Winch, whomnJones...

routine that has Strange’s in-lawsncaught—all ring as true as the figuresnon Keats’ urn, and as equally caught;nforever fixed in time and place.nIt was not until I began to read Whistlenthat I realized I have never forgottennFrom Here To Eternity, although it appearednin 1951. That was nearly thirtynyears ago, and at the time critics called itna...

ing each other in the hamlets of Iowa. Itnmay be that Casey’s setting of Iowa,nsuggestive as it is of the quintessentiallynAmerican scene, is the sole redeemingnfeature of his novel.nJ. here have always been more thannenough novelists who are rememberednas “stylists”; D.H. Lawrence is one, JohnnUpdike will probably be another. Theynmake lasting though shallow impressionsnon literature...

ending disjointed conversations, and sexnmeant to be nothing but educational—nand calls it “American.” In titling hisnnovel “An American Romance,” Caseynhas aimed at epic scale. One justifiablynexpects that he will reach it—and more,none should expect something evocativenof America, in a, well, a timeless sense,nexpressive of values that are familiarlynAmerican: honesty, wholeheartedness,ngenerosity, even devoutness. Such arentruly the...

can be adequately cared for, withoutninfantilizing or coercing them, by merelynguaranteeing them their proper rights.nMr. Glasser’s argument, although punctuatednwith heart-rending examples, lacksnthe delicacy of touch of the other three.nAlthough the four authors do notnattempt to homogenize their views, therenis a current that runs throughout thenbook: “doing good” is a natural andncommendable human impulse, butntranslating this...

Waste of MoneynKrantz’s Marionettesnin a PuddlenJudith Krantz: Scruples;nCrown; New York.nSeventh Avenue symbolizes Americannfashion the way Hollywood symbolizesnthe American cinema. At the oppositenends of the continent both are pivotal innmolding aesthetic choices, dreams andnaspirations. Fashion’s ideological organ,nthe New York based Women’s WearnDaily, perverts popular preferencesnthrough manipulation of marionettes,nmost of which happen to be real people.nBoth centers...

moral and social authority of the AmericannUniversity was destroyed by whatnhappened during the sixties. The AmericannUniversity used to be an object ofnenvy for the rest of the world, unrivalednin both its level of scholarship (witnessnthe number of American Nobel Prizenlaureates of the last 50 years) as well asnin its collegiate atmosphere (as measurednby the degree...

genious scheme to win without goingninto jungles and dying in booby traps— wenall would have been on their side.nTime’s Ethical PirouettenTime magazine’s attitude toward crimenhas long been recognized as the cutestnjournalistic weathervane in America.nWhen the liberal dogma blossomed innthe ethical mud of the early 70s, Timenwas the first to argue that bestiality couldnbe explained by...

Clowning with SurvivalnAlan Ayckbourn: Ten Times Table;nGlobe Theatre, London.nAlan Ayckbourn is nowadays regardednon both English-speaking sidesnof the Atlantic, as the supreme techniciannof the modern comedy scene. His latestnoffering, entitled Ten Times Table, hasnother ambitions. It aspires to convincenthe viewer about the socio-moral virtuesnthat derive from victorious bungling,nallegedly an arch-British specialty. Mr.nAyckbourn sets out to suggest,...

syncratic harmonic sophistication withna claim to an all-encompassing synthesis.n”All together is rock— ” the drummer ofnThe Band, who assumes the role of annideological spokesman, says at one point.nWith the same cognitive accuracy he cannmaintain that a hamburger subsumes allnthe culinary tastes of America.nOne listens to The Band and realizesnthe incoherent chemistry of hard rock.nIt pushes...