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to Bethlehem. Maxed-out credit cardsrnand nonreligious “seasonal” ones, jazzeduprncarols, intcrfaith prayers, angels thatrnlook like Barbie with wings, Alfred E.rnNewman dressed like Santa Clans,rncelebrities at the White House (at yourrnexpense and mine), Madeleine Albrightrnin the Middle East, cheese balls and rosernwine, double-parked UPS and FederalrnExpress trucks, the ghost of Dickens’ pastrn(Scrooge resurrected as Ronald Reagan),rncomputers with...

Modern Editions of Classic Works for Readers TodayrnTHE STRUGGLE FOR SOVEREIGNTYrnSeventeenth-Century English Political Tracts InrnTwo VolumesrnEdited by Joyce Lee MalcolmrnFor much of Europe the seventeenth century was, asrnit has been termed, an “Age of Absolutism” inrnwhich single rulers held tremendous power. Yet thernEnglish in the same century succeeded in limiting thernpower of their monarchs. The...

Italy and the United States Share a Common Story:rn1860’srnForged in civil wars:rnThe War Between the States andrnthe Risorgimentorn1930’srnOvercentrahzed bv strongmen:rnFDR and MussohnirnTodayrnEach country faces seriousrnchallenges from regional andrncultural separatists.rnA specialrnsession will focusrnon the greatestrnwork ot modernrnItalian literature,rnAlessandro Man/oni’srni Promestii Sposirn(The Betrolliedi.rn••-!t^c’rnParticipants will stay at the delightfulrnHotel Asnigo, located on a hilltop in thernresort town of...

EDITORrnThomas FlemingrnSENIOR EDITOR, BOOKSrnChilton Williamson, ]r.rnMANAGING EDITORrnScott p. RichertrnART DIRECTORrnH. Ward SterettrnDESIGNERrnMelanie AndersonrnCONTRIBUTING EDITORSrnKatherine Dalton, Samuel Francis,rnGeorge Carrett, Paul Gottfried,rnJ.O. Tate, Michael Washburn,rnClyde WilsonrnCORRESPONDING EDITORSrnBill Kauffman, Donald Livingston,rnWilliam Mills, William Murchison,rnAndrei Navrozov, Jacob NeusnerrnFOREIGN AFFAIRS EDITORrnSrdja TrifkovicrnLEGAL AFFAIRS EDITORrnStephen B. PresserrnRELIGION EDITORrnHarold O.]. BrownrnEDITORIAL SECRETARYrnLeann DobbsrnPUBLISHERrnThe Rockford InstituternPUBLICATION DIRECTORrnGuy C. ReffettrnCIRCULATION MANAGERrnCindy LinkrnA publication of...

1970’s, this cross-subsidy contributed tornthe emergence of Japanese auto companiesrnwhich could successhilly competernwith Detroit. Twenty years ago, the sophisticatedrnLibertarians used this Hne ofrnreasoning to advocate massive cuts inrnU.S. defense spending. The cleverestrnLibertarians have always focused on “warrnas the health of the state,” and have appliedrntheir critique to the impact thatrnU.S. foreign policy has had on...

scribing Serbian resistance to the brutalrnTurkish occupation; the World War Irnsong “Tamo daleko,” which reminds thernFrench and British of how the’ betrayedrntheir Serbian allies and left them to die inrntheir disastrous retreat to Corfu; and IvornAndric’s masterpiece, The Bridge on thernDrina.rnAndric won the Nobel Prize largely onrnthe strength of this book, which paints arnsympathetic portrait...

cleared, but constantly evolves; eachrnday’s tnith is rexealed by CNN, the ubiquitousrnand blabber-mouthed oracle ofrnthe New World Order.rnRussia’s elites, born and bred to thernculture of disinformatsiya, have embracedrnNATO’s concept of “informationrnmanagement,” and their enemies have asrnwell. Wliile Moscow has its “Russian InformationrnCenter” (Rusinform) to filter,rncensor, concoct, and control the “news”rnfrom the Caucasus battlegrounds, thernChechens have...

wise men and women on the Court whornmight fear to tread there. One of the justieesrnhas rushed in, but unless three morerndecide to grant cert, regulation of partialbirthrnabortion could be left to the states,rnas it should be.rn— Stephen B. PresserrnT H E JOHN RANDOLPH CLUBrnheld its tenth annual meeting at the LathamrnHotel in Georgetown, the...

CHRONICLES’ BACK ISSUES, TAPES, AND BOOKSrn1999 in ReviewrnCHRISTOS Y2K: CHOOSE YOUR MILLENNIUM—December 1999—ThomasrnFleming on the new religions of dinosaurs, AIDS, and race, Philip Jenkins on howrnMatthew Shepard replaced Jesus Christ, and Harold O.J. Brown on the coming of thernThird Age. Plus Jeffrey Meyers on traveling through Jamaica, Janet Scott Barlow on thernNew York Times and...

PERSPECTIVErnEverything Is JakernThe Unmanned Americanrnby Thomas FlemingrnMy old man did not think much of writers; he had knownrntoo many of tlieni. He did not Hke what httle he hadrnseen of Hemingway, and regarded his obsession with viriht’ asrnnnmanh’. Hemingvva, at least as a younger man, mrrst ha’ernliad few illusions about himself and his generation, and...

choice but to put my 130 pounds on the hue. As any youngrnman knows, it is better to face death than to lose face.rnBig John, knowing the inevitable outcome of this mismatch,rnflexed his massive biceps and told the big Marine to leave. Myrnslayer-to-be—who when he rose up, revealed himself to be biggerrnthan John—was unimpressed: ‘You...

mock sport until he finally took her to one of the “athletic exhihihons.”rnWithin minutes, she was at ringside begging her newrnchampion to murder the bum.rnThe fans do know these matches are not only rigged butrnstaged—on ‘IV it is clear that few, if any, of the punches comernclose to hitting meat—and none of them is dumb...

men with women, who are easier to control. Either they arernmore readily intimidated, because of their timid natures; orrnthey are smitten with their masters, like tawdry brides of an invertedrnChrist; or they are lesbians who hate men and are ecstaticrnto be helping neuter their ancient enemy.rnWliatever freedoms humanity has won originate in the fightrnfor autonomy...

In 1976, 5? percent of college shidents were male. By 1995,rnonly 44 percent were. Among black college students, only 38rnpercent are male. Wliile girls—thanks to the watering down ofrnmath and science courses—are closing the gap in algebra, geometry,rncalculus, biology, chemistry, geology, and engineering,rnboys lag well behind in their traditional areas of weakness, readingrnand writing. Of...

;nid recognition between individuals conld onlv be desexualizcdrntlirongh tlie bnddx’ movie. And this leads to the otiier reasonrnfor the buddy movie: the feminization of the male, and thernsidicontextual establishment of homosexual relations as arnnorm, rather than a mere perverse possibilib,-, of romance.rnSo let’s talk about Oscar and Felix, since ever’one remembersrnthem. Oscar was the slob,...

away, but that is not often. Sucking on drugged milk, mumblingrninanities about the 60’s, putting liis hair up with a pin,rnlolling on his back instead of sitting up straight, serxing as arnsperm bank for a pushy feminist, lying in his tub, losing cvcr’rnphysical encounter he has with anyone, unemployed and unemployable,rnthis whiny bowling bum is...

ment had all the powers of discernment—if not all the guts —rnthat }’oii woidd hope to find in a bird colonel. Nevertheless, thernWM went without reprimand for her calunrny, and the eventrnonly sened to reinforce the low opinion held b’ the ‘ast majorit)-rnof Marines of their sisters-in-arms.rnReaders may regard the story as anecdotal and as...

members”) are put “in harm’s way.” They rarely are. Well outrnof range of the antiquated weapons systems of our alleged enemies,rnour “brave men and women in harm’s way” launch missilesrnfrom ships positioned over the horizon and drop bombsrnfrom planes 10,000 feet in the air. Our military today is fartherrnremoved fronr the kill than is a...

“All the NewsrnUnfit to Print” ignsJ of tl)e QEimesirnVol. 2 No. 2 February 2000rn”Spectacular fiasco for the organizers . . .rna damning verdict on globalization that ignoresrnits own consequences” was LernMonde’fi assessment (December 2) of thernWorld Trade Organization summit inrnSeattle. Dozens of dailies all over thernworld concurred. But the reporting of thisrnevent, its background, and...

reporting the sound of the atomrnsplitting. Jamie would bernfeeding the script in her earrnfrom State.rnWhat was going on in the country’srnnewsrooms? ABC’s Seattle affiliate wasrnfranic enough to announce, even before thernconference opened, that it would “not devoterncoverage to irresponsible or illegalrnactivities of disruptive groups,” addingrnthat it was “taking a stand on not givingrnsome protest groups...

er fertile wit, his superb master}’ of thernlanguage, and, if we hang aronnd longrnenough, his insight into human naturernand its relation to eternit}’. You do notrnhae to be nice to deliver these goods; inrnfact, niccness might get in the way. It certainlyrndoes in Wangh’s fiction, where hisrnrogues are infinitely more interestingrnthan his decent characters.rnAs inan...

cliurch . . . he was squatting [with]rn. . . disheveled white men [who]rnwere staring ahead witli aguc, uneomprehendingrneyes, to tlie end ofrnthe room where hvo candlesrnburned. The priest turned towardsrnthem his bland, black face. “Ite,rnmissa est.”rnBy 1933, the church had becomernWaugh’s “shape in chaos,” the principlernof permanence he had first sought inrnhis artistic vocation...

anti-abortionists have submitted to behaviorrnmodification to the extent thatrntlie}- regularly refer to their pro-abortionrnopponents as “pro-choice.”) “Strong”rnlanguage —replacing a true word, abortion,rnwith a manipulatie word, c h o i c e -rnconceals the realit}- of prenatal homicidernand induces masses of people who actuallyrndetest abortion to accept it, for thernreason that opposing it would be to...

the author—they are united by the mindrnthat has projeeted them. Having attainedrna eertain age, lie remembers that thingsrnused to be different. Some of his e.ssaysrnare about his background in PcniisyKania,rnand his schoohng, and his experiencesrnoer the years with sue): passions asrnbaseball, football, and railroads. Othersrnoffer memories of such writers as EricrnVoegelin and Robert Penn Warrenrn(whom...

Principalities & Powersrnfev Samuel FrancisrnRevolt of thern300-Pound Beefy GuysrnDiscontent is the parent of all radicalism,rnand in these happy days, Pat Buchanan’srnthird and ever more radical challenge tornthe globalist ruling class may not attractrnthe political following it deserves. Thernnational happiness that smothers healthyrnpolitical disgruntlement is due to the success,rnby conventional standards, of thernClinton presidency. There is...

seeks tlie destriietion of the eiiltural andrnmoral eodes and institntions of the oldrnruling elass and its order beeanse thoserneodes and institutions are obstaeles to itsrno\ n power and interests and tend to exclndernand restrict the new elite. Hence,rnwhat is produced by Holl)’wood, the universities,rnthe publishers, the newspapers,rnthe electronic media—the cultural apparatusrnof the new ruling class...

Letter From Londonrnby Michael McMahonrnTalking of Alern”And a few men talked of freedom,rnwhile England talked of ale.”rn— “The Secret People”rnO.K. ChestertonrnIn 11 %, Bishop I lenri de Blois, grandsonrnof William the Conqneror, founded thernhospice of St. Cross, in Hampshire, tornprovide for “thirteen poor men, feeblernand so reduced in strength that they canrnhardly or with difficulty...

publicity stunt, but an example of harnessedrnpracticalit’: London traffic is sornslow-moving that lorries waste vast C|uantitiesrnof fuel crawling and stoppingrnthrough its tangle of tailbacks. Goingrnfaster than a horse-drawn vehicle is notrnpossible, and a horse waiting to move isrnnot wasting any energy. And Young’s isrnnot the only brewery to be doing well byrnstanding by its traditions....

Marxism and shoot them, hut we in thernWest ma’ simply murmur that tliev exaggeraternand are often wrong. One needrnonly spend a few weeks in Sardinia,rnwhere the native island culhire effechvelyrninsulates the inhabitants from tiie sea,rnto understand that so mueh of historiographyrnis like Freudian psychology: It isrntwo-thirds ex post facto reasoning andrnone-third old wives’ tales.rnLast week,...

bunches one on top of the other, Hkernoffiee workers packing an elevator atrnhmchtime, makes for an unforgettablyrnhideous spectacle, something like arnRussian newspaper cartoon from thernJapanese war of 1905 or an illustrationrnfrom some mimeographed brochurernabout the Yellow Menace.rnWhich brings mc back to the Cantonesernon the Reguliersdwhatever, and torndie reasonable suggestion that the countriesrnof Europe, already reduced...

could save the Union without freeingrnany slave, I would do it; and if Irncould do it by freeing all the slaves,rnI would do it; and if 1 could save itrnby freeing some and lea ing othersrnalone, I woidd also do that.rnHow much longer will the new racistsrnallow Lincoln’s face on the five-dollar billrnto act as...

currency. (Labour is trying to catapultrnBritain into the European single currencyrnas soon as possible.) Now that evenrnDcput’ Prime Minister John Prcscott,rnwho has a face like a Dickensian parishrnbeadle, considers himself to be middlernclass (his new allegiance caused a massivernpublic argument with his father), thernleft needs to invent new client groups,rnnew victims who can be bribed...

The National Theater in San ]ose, Costa Rica, was built,rnJ 897 through a voluntary tax.rnAnother thing the tour host told us wasrnthat when John Kennedy eame to CostarnRica, one of its famous volcanoes erupted.rnThe Costa Ricans told him the volcanornwas saying hello. That’s what the’rnthought it was saving. It was actuallyrncommenting on the Kennedv women...

Ramon, ni)’ guide, pulled up at a littlernshack on the shore, a hand-drawnrnsign announcing “Naval Station.” Hernshowed one of the sleepy naval attendantsrna document permitting him to gornout and fish, and we were off. I noticedrnan anrusiiig “giui emplacement,” sandbagsrnabout 18 inches high and no gun.rnNo doubt to stop an invasion by sea.rnJust as the...

VITAL SIGNSrnRELIGIONrnThe Goddessrnand the Bridernby Harold O.J. Brownrn’ ‘ A -nd the LORD Ood said, It is notrn^ood that tlic man should bernalone; I will make him an help meet forrnhim. . . . And the LORD God caused arndeep sleep to fall upon Adam” (Genesisrn2:18, 21). hi between the Lord’s observationrnthat it is not...

Traditionally, Christian theologiansrnhave made a distinction between ontologicalrnand economic subordination.rnOntology refers to being, and orthodoxrnChristian doctrine teaches that the Father,rnSon, and Holy Spirit possess all ofrnthe attributes of deit)- equally. Economyrnrefers not to the Person’s essendal nature,rnbut to His role. Thus the Father “gies”rnthe Son (John 3:16) and “sends” the HolyrnSpirit in the Son’s name...

context. What this means in practicalrnterms, for both country musicians andrntheir audiences, is that you can do justrnabout anvihing with the music’s sensibilitv’rnexcept force it. It was okay for TonyrnBennett to sing “Cold Cold Heart,” asrnlong as he didn’t tr}’ to sound like HankrnWilliams. And it’s all right for WilliernNelson to sing “Stardust” (though personallyrnI’d...

We drove to Chicago without the accompanimentrnof Bob Wills—c2ncf withoutrnthe accompaniment of whatever footballrngame my rabid-fan husband was justrnitching to find on the radio. “Why listenrnto football?” I asked. “The game’s gonerndownhill since the days of the great Packerrncoach Vinnie Lombardo.” My husband:rn”Winnie Lombardo?” Me: “ErniernTubbs?” Not for nothing have I becomernThat Crank.rnJanet Scott Barlow...

narrow to gleaming slits, his mouth pursesrnin a dry smile. He looks for all thernworld like an iguana who has just eaten arnparticularly succulent cockroach. Yournhalf expect to sec a forked tongue slitherrnfrom between his w rinkled lips. He’s gotrnwhat he wants. Ifs the fix his audiencerncraves, the ail-American stimulant: moralrnoutrage. There’s nothing like it...

ent than real. And Bergman is to be commendedrnfor fighting against those atrnCBS who wanted to spike the inter’iewrnlest it invite a lawsnit from Brown andrnWilliamson and sour the network’s pendingrnsale to Westinghouse. The film’srnmoral posturing oer Bergman’s battle,rnhowever, is at best a sidebar pretending tornbe the central issue.rnUnhl we kick the habit of moral...

instead, is to forbid the bearing of arnweapon with the intention to kill.rnThus, natural law and common sensernmake it “morally right” to use deadh’rnforce to defend against a deadly attack.rnJames Wilson quoted the above words ofrnCicero, in full, in a lecture series he gavernto the law students at the College of Philadelphiarnin 1790. The lectures...

The Hundredth Meridianrnby Chilton Williamson, ]r.rnFriends at a DistancernSecond only to prostitution, writing is thernloneliest profession. Because a writer’srnwork is wherever he happens to be, hernhas no real need to be anywhere; becausernwriting is neither a team sport nor a cooperativernenterprise, and because the laboriousrnact of composition is notoriouslyrnprone to distraction, the writer normallyrnperforms his...

miles east of Grand Island, I tnrned sonthrnoff the interstate onto Highvva 81, headedrnfor the Kansas border across gentlyrnrolling hills with woods growing np betweenrnthem in the drainages. The highwayrn—the northern extension of U.S.rn35—was under construction, beingrnwidened from two lanes to four to accommodaternenhanced truck traffic betweenrnCanada and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico,rnsince NAFTA. For the 100...