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Tlic cstablisliment and explanation of texts, philology in thernold sense, is the oldest and most theoretically sophistieated arearnof literary studies. Its history goes baek to the royal lil)rarians ofrnPtolemaie Alexandria in the third eentury, B.C. Americans likernthe late Fredson Bowers and diseiples and critics from G.rnThomas Tansellc to Flershel Parker haye continued to explorernthe tlieory...

and consequence in hindsight, necessarily provide a chronologicalrnstructure of such a summary, dictate the emphases, andrnthus appear to occur as a result of preceding such events. Arnshortage of space produces an emphasis on order and policy,rncauses and results, as opposed to disorder and confusion. In therndomestic context decision-making is simplified, and pressuresrnare said directly to...

The French Ambassador in London discerned a fear that thernEstates General would lead to a revival of French strength as arnresult of royal power being more solidly based. In January 1789,rnthe Count of Aranda, formerly the Spanish Ambassador inrnParis, suggested that the Third Estate would support the crovn,rnin order not to be crushed b- the...

but against the smuggling of categories of crime and punishment,rnfor example, into the definition of mental illness. In a recentrnessay, Szasz adroitly sums up the dual edge to his critiquernof contemporary psychiatry: “The focus of my conceptual critiquernis the distinction between the literal and metaphoricalrnuse of language; and the focus of my moral-political critique isrnthe...

lice force. And here Szasz, in his full passion, returns to the ethicalrnbasis of all issues connected with health. It is worth quotingrna passage from his Cruel Compassion, because it is both anrnapt summary of his ethical position and, no less, a warning tornthose with a monopoly of power—including the power to treatrnpatients.rnIt is dishonest...

psychiatric mainstream. This in turn fueled Szasz’s sense ofrnthe political. He became involved in the politics of libertarianism.rnFor his work moved from a critique of a profession to a defensernof the person, or as Szasz liked to put it, “to a struggle forrnself-esteem.” His approving citation of C.S. Lewis serves Szaszrnas a final judgment, not...

formula, describing the national community,rnthe civic religion, and the politicalrncreed,” each of which also reflectedrnthe interests of the rulers of the regimes.rn”Federal republicanism,” essentially aristocraticrnand decentralist and drawn fromrnBritish Old Whig political doctrine, wasrnthe defining political creed of the FirstrnRepublic; “federal democracy,” based onrna larger and more centralized nationalrnstate and more directly democratic, wasrnthe political...

political coalition that would directlyrnthreaten its dominance. One of his basicrnmisconceptions about the overclass isrnthat it depends on inheritance far morernthan it really does. Earlier elites, hernrightly points out, have depended on inheritancernand have become true oligarchiesrnas a result. He tries (but fails) tornshow that the overclass does the samernthing. Unlike earlier elites such as...

overclass and the swollen federal bureaucrac)rnit controls is the abandonment ofrnraeial manipulation and a policy of simplernnondiscrimination, without preferences.rnNondiscrimination bv the state isrnunobjectionable, but Lind wants nationalrnoutlawing of all discrimination, publicrnand private, on grounds of race, gender,rnand sexual preference. That policy, ofrncourse, would simply intrude the nationalrnstate into the management and “radicalrnreconstruction” of independent socialrninstitutions...

different picture: God, like Satan, continuesrnto nag at our consciousness sorntenaciously that people still feel the needrnto argue with Him, even denounce Him.rnFor all their academic detachment, bothrnNhles and Pagels are remarkably grippedrnby this supposedly extinct mythology.rnjack Miles’ Biography (presumablyrnunauthorized) is based on the view thatrn”Many in the West no longer believe inrnGod, but lost...

scope for icebergs,” icebergs that includernVolkswagens, horse-drawn carts, and justrnabout every other vehicle Europe canrntoss out on the highways.rnTheoretical education behind him.rnCoster is off to Russia—”straight on pastrnthe Pizza Ilut, left at the Kremlin”—rnand ready to give the reader lessons inrneconomics, sociology, and history. Tornthe truckers of the European EconomicrnCommunity, we learn, Hungary is thernpirate...

CORRESPONDENCErnLetter FromrnInner Israelrnby Jacob NeusnerrnThe Goyim Aren’trnAlways WrongrnA small people with a distinctive religion,rnthe Jews throughout history have triedrnto avoid imitating the Gentiles (that is,rneverybody else), lest assimilation destroyrnthe faith and the group that embodies it.rnIn fact. Scripture’s passionate denunciationrnof idolatry led the ancient rabbis,rn”our sages of blessed memory,” to condemnrncertain practices under the rubricrnof...

the country, its massive congregationsrnon Sabbaths, its pleasure in pubhc witnessrnto the faith in countless ways, itsrnunashamed love of God. And 1 am inclinedrnto think that when Jews beginrndecorating their homes for Hanukkah,rnthe Lubovitch Hasidim will lead the wa}.rnThen people will think it is very Jewishrnand forget where it came from, the wayrnthcv think that...

equally massive, massy Krishna temple inrnLondon—which seems inevitable, gicnrnthe feebleness of (especially Anglican)rnChristianity, the anti-Western bias ofrnthe multieulturalist ideolog’, and thern1991 Census statistics which demonstraternthat white Britons in the boroughrnof Brent will almost certainl- be in thernminority within 20 years. John Major’srnfamous speech to the contrary, it looks asrnif there will not be too many...

VITAL SIGNSrnO C I E T YrnRace, Aids, andrnSexual Behaviorrnby J. Philippe RushtonrnFor the past decade or so, m researchrnhas focused on assessing racial differencesrnin brain size and intelligence,rnsexual habits and fertility, personalityrnand temperament, and speed of maturationrnand longe’it-. Startling and alarmingrnto main people is my conclusion thatrnif all people were treated the same, mostrnracial...

U.S. AIDS figures increased from 26 torn31 percent, Ilispanics increased from 14rnto 17 percent, Asians and Amerindiansrncombined held at less than one percent,rnand whites decreased from 59 to 51 percent.rnIn mv book Race, Evolution, and Behavior,rnI documented numerous surveysrncarried out around the world showingrnracial differences in frequency of sexualrnintercourse. The results show that bothrnbefore and...

munity itself laughing at the follies committedrnin the name of promoting a betterrnunderstanding of mathematics.rnTo take an example, the language ofrnthe “theory of sets” had been basicrnamong mathematicians for 100 years,rnand can ease enormously the path tornmuch that people find perplexing inrnschool. Anyone should be able to learnrnenough about sets and this vocabulary inrna verv...

peting theories will fail due to thernimpossihility of an uniting metaperspectivernand because of the (related)rnnonexistenee of a universalrnlanguage. How to proeeed, then?rnGood question.rnRalph A. Raimi is a professor of mathematicsrnat the University of Rochester.rnO L I T I C SrnMerry Kwanzaarnby Nicholas StixrnWhat are you doing this year forrnKwanzaa? T’his was onee a ludierousrnquestion, but...

is no substitute for working-class action.rnTlic’ prepare for a whirlwind that supposedlyrnwill sweep away the garbage ofrnhistory, leaving clear the road to progress,rnhistcad, this whirlwind will blow awavrnthe nation’s moral and religious foundations,rnla ing waste to all roads, knockingrnout all sign posts, and leaving a panicked,rnconfused people to find its way—or tornvield to someone claiming...

tarians gave cover for politicians to dornwhat they like to do most: transfer morernmoney from the private sector to thernpublic sector.rnAs astonishing as it sounds, the idea ofrnlowering the government’s total tax takernfrom its present level is gone entirely.rnThe lost revenue from targeted taxrnbreaks for children (even that’s still up inrnthe air) will have to...

onl- l^e explained in light of the ongoingrn”Tenth Amendment movement,” thernattempt (bv mostly Republicans) to re-rn i c the last number of the Bill of Rights.rnThis amendment, passed beeause of thernFounders’ fear that the federal governmentrnwould overwhelm, erush, andrnfinally dissolve the state governments,rnwas designed to preserve our system ofrnfederalism, or dual federal and staternsovereignty. The...

were for purposes not within these enumeratedrnpowers. Thus 70 percent of allrntaxes collected for that year are unconstitutional.rnThe suit also debunks the myth thatrnCongress has power under the CommercernClause to tax in order to fundrnprograms not otherwise within the enumeratedrnpowers, such as many of today’srnsocial welfare programs. To the Framers,rn”commerce among the states” meantrntrade among...

The Hundredth Meridianrnby Chilton Williamson, Jr.rnElk CountryrnAs the supernatural world is eternally atrnwork behind events in the natural world,rnso the world of man-in-nature continuesrnto operate behind the synthetic, abstracted,rnand unreal world of man-outside-rnof-nature. For that reason alone, Irnshall always hunt elk. (Though of course,rnI reallv don’t need any reason.)rnOn the afternoon before the start ofrnseason,...

mv shoulders.rnEach year outfitters put a couple ofrncamps iu west of Indian Ridge, at thernhead of South Fork of Fontenellc Creek.rnThe- ecjuip the dudes who want themrnwith horses, and turn the rest loose onrnthe forested slopes to beat the timberrnand kick the elk over the ridgetop andrndown the eastern cliff face, where theyrnfind me lying...

TORTURE AND EXECUTIONrnDEATH &TAXESrnjjjfrn”…Gordon Kahl was the kindrnof American who made thisrncomitry, and his death—and therni media coverage that vilifiedrn’• him—are a national disgrace.rnBuy the film and show it to yourrni^ neighbors.”rn—Thomas Flemuigrn- D e r e k E l l y , V a r i e t y a hard-hiHing reinvestigation…” .De.e. EM„...

The final volumes in the highly acclaimed! seriesrnCOMPLETE ROMAN DRAMArnIN TRANSLATIONrnDavid R. Slavitt and Palmer Bovie, Series EditorsrnIn this five-volume series—^featuring lively translations by leading poet-scholars—classic Latin dranna comes alivernfor a nev/ generation of readers.rnSENECA:rnTHE TRAGEDIESrnVolume Irntranslated by David R. SlavittrnTrojan Women • Thyestes • Phaedra •rnMedea • Agamemnonrn$12.95 paperbackrnSENECA:rnTHE TRAGEDIESrnVolume IIrnedited by David R....

EDITORrnThomas FlemingrnMANAGING EDITORrnTheodore PappasrnSENIOR EDITOR, BOOKSrnChilton Williamson, Jr.rnEDITORIAL ASSISTANTrnMichael WashburnrnART DIRECTORrnAnna Mycek-WodeckirnCONTRIBUTING EDITORSrnHarold O.j. Brown, Katherine Dalton,rnSamuel Francis, George Garrett,rnChristine Haynes, E. Christian Kopff,rnClyde WilsonrnCORRESPONDING EDITORSrnBill Kauffman, Jacob Neusner,rn]ohn Shelton Reed, Momcilo SelicrnEDITORIAL SECRETARYrnLeann DobbsrnPUBLISHERrnAllan C. CarlsonrnPUBLICATION DIRECTORrnGuy C. ReffettrnPRODUCTION SECRETARYrnAnita CandyrnCIRCULATION MANAGERrnRochelle FrankrnA publication of The Rockford Institute.rnEditorial and Advertising Offices;rn934 North Main Street,...

CULTURAL REVOLUTIONSrnR o s s PEROT has thrown his hat intornthe ring, or at least halfway into the ring,rnsince the billionaire has only promised tornuse his wealth and fundraising abilities tornstart a party which may or may not putrnhim at the head of the ticket. The weekrnbefore, another billionaire, Steve Forbes,rnannounced that he would spend...

and since the weekend of September 8rnwas forecast to be a fine one I decided tornattend the anniversary celebration.rnHCN has been based for about a decadernor so in Paonia, Colorado, but the meetingrnwas scheduled in Lander to honorrnthe paper’s birthplace. It is 150 milesrnfrom Kemmerer to Lander, with a singlerntown—Farson, population 250 or so—rnbetween them...

neo-Nazi or K.K.K. network, thus givingrnan agreeable frisson to the genteel reader.”rnIn Cockburn’s view, leftists havernmade a grave mistake in failing to understandrn—and often misrepresenting—thernnature and aims of the militias. In thernJune 26 Nation, Cockburn wondered,rn”How come people oppressed by economicrncircumstances and governmentrnpredations who take up arms and defyrnthe state in southern Mexico are hailedrnin...

PERSPECTIVErnUnder Western Liesrnby Thomas FlemingrnOne hot evening at the end of August I was walking uprnSouth Michigan Avenue with an Irish-American linguistrnon the way to eat in a German-American restaurant. The newsrnwas filled with reports on the NATO bombing raids against thernBosnian Serbs, but no one on the street seemed to care that anrnAmerican President...

propriety of printing the Unabomber’s declaration, especiallyrnunder pressure from Attorney General Janet Reno. Bradlee wasrnpainfully candid, explaining that there was nothing to be said,rneven supposing there ever had been, in favor of an independentrnpress, adding that all that was really important was to serve thernpublic interest, that is, doing what government officials tell yournto do.rnIt...

the 1972 election when George Bush was chairman of thernRNC. During Bush’s tenure, “The Croatian Ustashi becamernan integral part of the campaign structure of Republican politics,rnalong with several other Fascist organizations.”rnCroatian Americans are not the only source of funds. Rumorrnhas it that rich Muslim states have not been content withrnshipping money to Albania and arms...

scams like NAFTA, GATT, and European Union. The veryrnidea of a people determined to go its own way is the internationalist’srnworst nightmare.rnForget about the Serbs. I like them for personal reasons;rnthere is no reason—apart from national honor—why yournshould care one way or another about these strange peoplesrnwho might just as well live on Rora Tonga...

Foster and Whitewater, while conservatives shed few tears overrnthe horrors of Iran-Contra. If asked about the dirty tricks of thernfederal justice agencies, the right will turn to Waco and RubyrnRidge with the same infallible instinct that draws the left tornCOINTELPRO and alleged CIA drug dealing. Worse, eachrnside mav be unwilling to condemn the atrocities wrought...

As long as they do not target white people, federal agencies canrnpretty much get away with murder; and in a powerful gesturerntoward equal opportunity, open season now appears to havernbeen declared on white supremacists and “cultists,”rnIt would be nice if liberals werernto criticize the investigation ofrnrightist and fundamentalistrnchurches and compounds, just asrnconservatives should have protestedrnthe...

agencies are currently taking to protect us from militias, survivalists,rnand white supremacists; but the CISPES affair gives arnpretty good idea. I assume that at least one person has alreadyrnprovided the information necessary to justify the investigationrnof the far right, including quite legal operations like bookstores,rnpolitical parties, and radio stations. You may trust Reagan andrnEd Meese...

dents (including the children) of sleep, running Bradley FightingrnVehicles at the compound, and bombarding it with hellaeiousrnnoises such as dentists’ drills and rabbits being slaughtered.rnThis had an immediate effect of consolidating thernBranch Davidians and confirming to them Koresh’s prophecyrnthat the government would ultimately kill them all. After thernFBI began the noise bombardment, the exodus of...

weapons and grenades against the children’s home.rnAs the siege wore on, the government abused, at least fromrnthe Branch Davidian viewpoint, all the children who surrendered.rnChildren who came out with their parents were immediatelyrntaken from their parents and placed in state custody,rnwhile the parents were almost always arrested, whether or notrnthere was any evidence against them....

of exposure to CS indoors caused the death of an adult.rnWith regard to the idea that the CS was supposed to drivernthe Branch Davidians out of their house, an Army field manualrnexplains: “Generally, persons reacting to CS are incapable ofrnexecuting organized and concerted actions and excessive exposurernto CS may make them incapable of vacating the...

BATF special agent (whether because he was on the payroll orrnto inspire more cooperation with investigations being unclear).rnHe had also served on BATF’s National Arson Response Team.rnOne of the last structures to fall at the compound was thernflagpole holding the Davidian flag (with its Star of David). Therngovernment promptly mounted the blue “A.T.F.” flag, alongrnwith...