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job of the National Park Service . . . is torndiscuss the events of the battle and placernthem in a larger context.”rnBut Russell sees the same problem asrnMeinhard. “It’s a zero sum game,” hernsa”s. “If they add something about slaver’,rnsomething about the battle is consequentlyrnlost. Ifs that simple.”rn”If thc’ want to create a museum de-rn’otcd...

this means that a future President Gorernwould sign Sen. Frank Lautenberg’s billrnto eliminate the laws in 31 states that allowrnlaw-abiding citizens to obtain permitsrnto carry handguns for lawful protection,rnprovided they pass a backgroundrncheck.rnStates would lose decisionmakingrnpower under both proposals: Gore wantsrnto stop states from allowing ordinary citizensrnto carry guns, and to compel states tornallow non-resident,...

expansion of their central governmentrnand relinquished the rights of states,rncommunities, and individuals.rnSince this social transformation wasrnvoluntary (democratic government, atrnleast in theory, is controlled by the ballotrnbox), we must ask: Wliat would persuadernAmerican citizens to surrender theirrncherished freedoms, heritage, and institutions?rnThe answer lies in the geireralrnbody of myths upon which socialism wasrnfounded, particularly its economic myths.rnSocialism’s...

inspiration of social justice alone. Gonernwould be the loathsome forces of capitalistrngreed, tribal and family ties, simplisticrnreligious faith, and private prosperity’, allrnreplaced by the equality of the Utopianrnsocialist state.rnWhat is far more likely to happen isrnwhat has occurred repeatedly to civilizationsrnthroughout history; The excessiverntaxation of the productive classes for thernbenefit of the unproductive, as governmentrnconfiscates...

wean- of soK’ing Europe’s problems. ThernUnited States demonstrated in East Timorrnthat its wilhngness to intervene is notrninfinite. Australia had to take the lead inrnthe U.N. peacekeeping force to defendrnwhat were o’ervhelmingly Australian interests.rnCanberra is now discussing bolsteringrnits military for fear that it mightrnface similar situahons in the future.rnFor a w hile, Washington may continuernto look...

CHRONICLES’ BACK ISSUES, TAPES, AND BOOKSrnOn EducationrnHOMESCHOOLING FOR LIFE—September 1999—Mary Pride on two futures forrnAmerican education, Andrei Navrozov on his son tlie sociopath, and Scott P. Richert onrnhomeschooling in Rockford, Illinois. Plus Thomas Fleming on the revival of the classicalrncurriculum, J.O. Tate on Hillary Clinton’s Senate campaign, Michael McMahon on staterneducation in England, and Janet...

In The Darkrnby George McCartneyrnSeason Your AdmirationrnIn Mission: Impossible 2 {M:12 to enthusiasts),rnthe boyishly becoming TomrnCruise strikes heroic poses, simulatesrnkung-fu kicks, and hangs charminglyrnfrom cliff faces. Unfortunately, thernmovie constructed around him is notrnnearly as becoming. It’s just another tediouslyrnoverproduced, contemptuouslyrnunderwritten farrago of stmits and explosions.rnKids will enjoy it, although I suspectrnthey’ll find its video-game versionrnmore...

prising scenes from horror and pornornfilms edited together with Monty Pvthonesquerncartoon drawings.rnEven worse than this clumsy modernizingrnis the film’s Hamlet. jAJmereyda announcesrnhis conception of the characterrnby decorating the prince’s apartmentrnwith posters of James Dean and ChernGuevara, the icons of disaffected, revolutionaryrnyouth. Hawke falls in with thisrnconceit all too well. He makes Hamlet arnglum, tormented adolescent...

f77ie^/o/i/i fTia/n/o/p/i G/(t6 Comes to ChicagornHow well do you know your Constitution?rnTake this quiz:rnThe l4th AmendmentrnThe 17th AmendmentrnThe 18th AmendmentrnThe 19th Amendmentrn• Good Idearn• Good Idearn• Good Idearn• Good IdearnLearn the answers on . .rnnrn• Bad Idearn• Bad Idearn• Bad Idearn• Bad IdearnOctober 6-/ 2000rnChronicles: A Magazine of American Culture Presents:rnThe 11th Annual Meeting ofrnTHE...

Subscribe tornPractical HomeschoolingirnGet the next 6 issues delivered to your door forrnjust ^19.95. That’s 1/B off the newsstand price!rnWhile you’re at it, pick up these hack issue sets.rnOnly MO-apiece plus shipping while they last!rnSet 1: PHS #3-6 & 8. Some of the manyrnarticle topics: 4-H, Blumenfeld on wtiolernlanguage, Jessica Hulcy on how tornmake inexpensive “period”...

EniTORrnThomas FlemingrnEXECUTIVE EDITORrnScott P. RichertrnSENIOR EDITOR, HOOKSrnChilton Williamson, Jr.rnASSISTAN r EDITORrnJeffrey Thomas KuhnerrnART DIRECTORrnH. Ward SterettrnDESICNERrnMelanie AndersonrnCONTRIBUTING EDITORSrnKatherine Dalton, Samuel Francis,rnGeorge Garrett, Paul Gottfried,rnPhilip Jenkins, J.O. Tate, MichaelrnWashburn, Clyde WilsonrnCORRESPONDING EDITORSrnBill Kauffman, Donald Livingston,rnWilliam Mills, William Murchison,rnAndrei Navrozov, Jacob NeusnerrnFOREIGN AFFAIRS EDITORrnSrdja TrifkovicrnLEGAL. AFFAIRS EDITORrnStephen B. PresserrnRELIGION EDITORrnHarold O.J. BrownrnEDITORIAL SECREIARYrnLeann DobbsrnCIRCULATION MANAGERrnCindy LinkrnPUBLISHERrnThe Rockford...

old population? The civilization createdrnon this continent by British and Europeanrnpeoples cannot survive the disappearancernof the people themselves; it isrnpreposterous to expect that civilization tornbe transmitted as a functioning whole tornanother population to whom it is entirelyrnalien. Perhaps awareness of this commonsenserntruth makes me a “white nationalist,”rnbut I am quite bored with beingrncalled unpleasant names...

“Jim Crow lies six feet under” may berntrue on the surface, but the reality is thatrn”Wliites Only” in sections of the countryrnhas been replaced by “Diversity Only”rnthroughout the country. And what arnmonotonous entity “diversity” is: a superrnflux that, like Clinton’s cabinet and postmodernrnart, generates constant sameness.rnThe real effect of having governmentrnin the business of determining...

not confirm this view. He did not sell thernNational Missile Defense (NMD) inifiativernto President Vladimir Putin. The followingrnday, addressing the Russian parliamentrn— the first ranking Westernrnleader to do so—he misjudged his audiencernbadlv.rnAssuming his audience’s ignorance ofrnhis own legal problems, Mr. Clinton saidrnthat “a strong state should use its strengthrnto reinforce the rule of law, protect...

the basis of his knowledge.rnFollowing current case law, the Floridarncourt suppressed evidence of the gun,rnsince the gun had been illegally seized.rnThe Florida attorney general appealedrnthe case, which eventually reached thernU.S. Supreme Court. There, the attorneyrngeneral argued that there should be arn”firearms exception” to the FourthrnAmendment. Because guns are so dangerous,rnthe attorney general reasoned,rnsearches for them...

recent presidential election: A slew of officersrnfrom the entourage of Troshev andrnCaucasian Military District commanderrnKazantsev have secured appoinhnents tornelite units serving in the Moscow MilitaryrnDistrict (MMD). In short, Putin isrnnow surrounded by Chechen generalsrnwho could play a pivotal role in decidingrnthe fate of Yeltsin’s successor if the Kremlinrndoes something they don’t like—suchrnas opening peace negotiations...

PERSPECTIVErnHoisting the Donkeyrnby Thomas FlemingrnIn troubled times, we look for something to hold on to as therndangerous eurreuts are sweeping us downstream to destruction.rnSome will have the clear sight (or unthinking prejudice)rnto grab on to some rooted feature of the landscape—the limb ofrnan oak tree, the steeple of a church, the arm of a brother;...

ing from one unresolved crisis to another, they are simultancouslrntransforming their electoral system and flounderingrnaround in a hopeless effort to find competent leaders. Therncommunist government of Massimo D’Alema has been a totalrnflop, and if many Italians once believed that the communistswhateverrntheir faults —held out the promise of effective, honestrngovernment, they know better now. Their prime...

come and the unending verbal battles between the phony rightrnand the phony left. The woods were thick with chestnut trees,rnand in their shade, the locals could pick the funghi that grew inrnabundance—porcini, boletus, and others whose names I hadrnnot so much as heard.rnThe shock was Consonno itself. Somehme in the 1960’s, therncity fathers of Olginate...

lack of arbitrary authorih’—made it easy prey for revolution.rnThe empire was supranational, multiethnic, and multiracial,rnhi order to destroy it, the revolutionary forces ignited nationalistrnpassions, which were lying dormant under the Austrian crown,rnfostering separatism, secession, and ultimately disintegration.rnAfter 1814, murky forces attempted to create a nationalistrnstate of mind in the various populations of Europe. Becausernthese forces...

erty, the immediate revolt of the poorer classes —in whosernname the progressives had taken power —put it in difficulty.rnCalabria revolted under the leadership of Cardinal Ruffo, andrnthe rebels undertook the armed rcconquest of the capital, convergingrnon Naples with bands of peasant volunteers. In the end,rnthe little people had the best of it: The republicans werernlynched...

archists, Mussolini caught the Italians’ collective imagination.rnHis physic[Lie was impressive, his stle of orator}’ superb, his attitudesrnhighly theatrical. His ideas were contradictory, his fectsrnoften wrong, but his words were dramatic and his metaphors sornapt and striking that he captivated the crowds.rnFascism grew and provided an antidote to the looming threatrnof Bolslievism, but b its abandonment...

ambassador to Italy, Breckenridge Long, was also full of enthusiasmrnfor the “new experiment in government” whieh “worksrnmost successfullv.” Henry Stimson (secretary of state underrnHoover, secretary of war under Roosevelt) recalled that he andrnHoover had foimd Mussolini to be “a sound and useful leader.”rnRoosevelt shared many of these positive views of “that admirablernItalian gendeman,” as he...

lo’e and call their own in Huxley’s? Oh, certainly, as a matterrnof practical convenience there were, in the world of my )’outh,rnthose called husbands and wives, there were children and familyrnfriends, there were e’en some conurbations called cities, andrnone or tv’o genuine dreamers in them. But there was no waiterrnin the cafe whom voii saw...

CHRONICLES INTELLIGENCE ASSESSMENTrnImmigration MisinformationrnTeeming Masses and Fnnny Numbersrnb’ Virginia Deane AbernethyrnThe debate over immigration policy has been marked b’ inaccuraternreporting in an astonishing number of instances.rnErrors and material omissions bv the U.S. Immigration andrnNaturalizahon Service (INS), the Census Bureau, and the Departmentrnof Education are only the beginning of misinformationrnabout immigration. News releases and publications by...

projects or training tliat increase ]5rodnctiit’. ‘I’liese argnnientsrnliave lately been snhnierged b the concerted loblningofrngroups that hae an interest in high lexcls of immigration.rnIn tandem with the Competitiveness Act, CJongress passed arnweak version of the Religious Persecution Act sponsored brnKep. Frank Wolf (R-VA) and Sen. Arlen Specter (R-PA). In itsrnoriginal form, this bill would have...

criteria of cli crsih and “faiuilv rcvinificatiori” first hccanic manifest,rnthe scenario is far different. According to deniograplierrnMeredith Burke, “ininiigrants after 1970 and their descendantsrnaccount lor three quarters of current American populationrngrow til” and will account for “90 percent of the grow th betw eenrn2t)00 and 20s()-and all of dre growth after 20?(J.” Mo-e Hiernstarting line,...

“make it seem as if immigration is a free liineh for Americans.rn. . . ITlic”] simpK- failed to mention that the hulk of the increasernin the GNP [due to immigration! goes to the immigrants thcmseUesrnas wages and salaries, not to the natie born.” The economicrnbenefit to nahves is on the order of one to ten...

“All the NewsrnUnfit to Print” ignsi of tlje tlimesirnVol. 2 No. 8 August 2000rnMost American conservatives arernaware of the close connection between AlrnGore’s family and the late, unlamentedrnArmand Hammer, one of the most appalhngrnfigures in the 20th-century Americanrnrogues’ gallery. But in order to readrnabout that connection in a major dailyrnnewspaper, they have to look abroad—tornEngland,...

National Commission on Terrorismrngave warning that US a n t i ­terrorismrnpolicies were “seriouslyrndeficient” andrnrecommended a series of drastrni c measures that have angeredrni t s a l l i e s accused of t o l e r a t ­ingrnterrorism. The most radicalrnelement in the report is arnproposal to begin surveillancernof every foreign...

Briefly Summerrnby Constance Rowell MastoresrnI like the wild formality,rnthe strict order that survives.rnDune grass, beach rose;rna spindly yarrow. In rivuletsrnby the roadside, watercressrnand vines of morning glory.rnCloser to the sea, a strugglingrnpine; or tea tree bent by winter,rnits muted foliage rustlingrnas the wind passes to the east —rnpeacock feathers of palestrngreen. No ardent colorrnuntil you...

when he was working on a study of Picasso’srnportraits and going through hundredsrnof photographs with him, the artistrn”pointed out the iconographical complexitiesrninvolved [aird revealed] how certainrnimages represented not only DorarnMaar but also her predecessor, MariernTherese, as well as Lee Miller and Inez,rnthe maid.”rnThe Picasso that emerges from thisrnbook (foreshadowing the later volumes ofrnRichardson’s biography) is...

Principalities & Powersrnhy Samuel FrancisrnCapitalism the EnemyrnBy a margin of 63-56, the South CaroHnarnHouse of Representatives voted on Mayrn10 to pull down the Confederate batdernflag that has fluttered above the state’srneapitol dome sinee 1962 and to remove itrnto “a place of honor” on the eapitolrngrounds. The vote was the grand (or perhapsrnthe petty) finale to...

vativcs—sliould not be surprised. Capitalism,rnan economic system driven only,rnaccording to its own theory, by the accumulationrnof profit, is at least as much anrnenemy of tradition as the NAACP orrncommimism, and tiiose on the “right”rnwho make a fetish of capitalism generallyrnunderstand this and applaud it. The hostilityrnof capitalism toward tradition isrnclear enough in its reduchon of...

CORRESPONDENCErnLetter FromrnNorthern Italyrnby Mario MarcollarnPoe, Henry Adams, and anrnAlliance of ChristendomrnAn interior bond ties me to America,rnwhere one of my grandfathers is buried.rnHe tried the adventure of emigration,rnwithout ever rooHng himself in a regularrnjob and without managing to send a pennyrnto the family in Italy, until he died almostrncertainly in an almshouse. My otherrngrandfather crossed...

during the years when Wilham JenningsrnBryan was waging his unsuccessful campaignrnfor a different, non-imperiahstrnAmerica.rnOn June 5,1895, he wrote to his brotherrnBrooks from Washington: “I fear Russiarnmuch! Wliy can one never penetraternthat polar mystery? . , . Our true point ofrninterest is not India but Russia, yet Russiarnis impenetrable, and any intelligent manrnwill deal with her...

suspect there is a little something psychologicallyrnwrong with people whose livesrnseem to revolve around correcting otherrnpeople who live at a distance. It is not arnpart of our regional character, but it definitelyrnis of theirs.rnSurfing the net during the controversy,rnI came across a diatribe against our flagrnby a certified academic. According tornthis learned gentieman (and he...

tually marching, although crowds werernbrought out for the cameras. Thern”marchers” reached the capitol and heldrntheir rally in front of 400 people, reportedrnin the media as 2,000. On the other sidernof die capitol, pro-flag people gathered,rnabout 400 of us, reported by the media asrn200. (Wc were at a disadvantage becausernit was a workday.) The press missed,...

The answer, at least so far, seems to bernall three. Older plant supervisors, technicalrnspecialists, field representatives, andrndesign engineers, having faced thernprospect of indentured servitude to anrnendless parade of upwardly mobile butrnclueless “managers,” are leaving as soonrnas the ink dries on early retirement andrnseverance packages. This talent drain hasrnresulted in the outsourcing of criticalrntechnical and skilled...

The American InterestrnPeking, the White House, andrnWall Street Versus Main StreetrnIn tlie last week of May, the Clinton administrationrnsuccessfully pressed Congressrninto granting China permanentrnnormal trade relations (PNTR) status asrnpart of a recenth’ negotiated trade pact.rnWith that vote—the result of an unholyrnalliance between the GOP and thernWhite ftouse—American legislatorsrnhave given up their annual review ofrnPeking’s conduct,...

VITAL SIGNSrnGUNSrnLadies Against thernConstitutionrnby Philip JenkinsrnOn balance, would von say yon arcrnfor or against gun violence? Howrnabout motherhood? Pro or con? Howrnabout keeping firearms avva’ from children?rnI know that these are all contentiousrndebates nowadays, and that mostrnof us have to think awfully hard beforerndeciding such questions. Somehow,rnthough, I suspect that a decent majorityrnof us have...

with English and colonial American history,rnthe debate is largely irrelevant becausernboth sides are correct. Of coursernthe clause refers to a militia, but a militiarnmade up of individuals who bring theirrnown priate weapons with them to trainrnand fight, the weapons in question beingrnthe appropriate military technology ofrnthe era. Throughout the Middle Ages,rngovernments were deeply involved in...