when drunk, used to beg Hemingwav torntell him if his work were not “awfullysuburban”).rnTen vcars ago, I gave uprnreading the hunting magazines when itrnoccurred to me that taking an eight-byeightrnbull elk is intrinsically of no greaterrnimport than shooting a spike unless ofrncourse you happen to be a professionalrnhunter, in which ease you probably havernscant interest...

transactionrnNew and Recent Books on Family and PolicyrnTHE SWEDISH EXPERIMENTrnIN FAMILY POLITICSrnTHE MYRDALS AND THE INTERWARrnPOPULATION CRISISrnAllan CarlsonrnThis devastating account of the work ofrnGunnar and Alva Myrdal portrays how twornyoung scholars used the power of ideas tornhelp engineer a new domestic order in Sweden.rnIt offers the general reader remarkablerninsight into the nature of Scandinavian socialrnlife,...

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EDITORrnThomas FlemingrnMANAGING EDITORrnTheodore PappasrnSENIOR EDITOR, BOOKSrnChilton Williamson, Jr.rnASSISTANT EDITORrnMichael WashburnrnART DIRECTORrnAnna Mycek-WodeckirnCONTRIBUTING EDITORSrnHarold O./. Brown, Katherine Dalton,rnSamuel Francis, George Garrett,rnChristine Haynes, E. Christian Kopff,rn].0. Tate, Clyde WilsonrnCORRESPONDING EDITORSrnBill Kauffman, William Mills,rnJacob Neusner, John Shelton Reed,rnMomcilo SelicrnEDITORIAL SECRETARYrnLeann DobbsrnPUBLISHERrnAllan C. CarlsonrnPIIBLICATION DIRECTORrnGuy C. ReffettrnPRODUCTION SECRETARYrnAnita CandyrnCIRCULATION MANAGERrnRochelle FrankrnA publication of The Rockford Institute.rnEditorial and Advertising Offices;rn934...

have ever been important, the secret isrnwell-kept; it might as well not meet.rnOnce money passes from nationalrntreasuries into the hands of the EuropeanrnCommission, one must abandonrnall hope of seeing anything but fantasyrnaccounting. The most recent audit confirmedrnall our worst fears. European justicerngoes from strength to strength—^becausernnational supreme courts have beenrnmade subject to it. As a...

but could do little, except to fight, ifrnGermany goes wrong again.rnIt is scandalous that Chancellor Kohlrnshould go around warning about war.rnWar will return to Europe, he says, unlessrnwe embrace federal union. But who isrnthreatening whom? Russia is strugglingrnagainst little Chechnya, and in any case isrnthe one potential problem solved byrnNATO. Does Britain threaten Germany,rndoes France?...

ing the appellate process, and launched arncrusade to force the judge to revise hisrn30-month sentence, thus venturing intornthe realm of triple jeopardy. (For a fullrnaccount of this campaign, see RobertrnDeitz’s new book Willful Injustice.)rnBut clearly Powell was the victim of anrnattitude that went far beyond one vindictivernpublic ofhcial. In those quartersrnwhere Powell should have received...

PERSPECTIVErnShame and Sciencernby Thomas FlemingrnAsex tour of Italy was the last thing I had on my mind whenrnI decided to take two children along with me on a recentrnlecture tour, but each trip I take seems to construct itself thematicallyrnlike an overwritten modern novel in which everyrnscene reeks of symbolic significance. This time the reek...

seducing the New and of America seducing Europe. Italy andrnFrance, it seems to me, have both extremes; pagan licentiousnessrnand medieval Christian chastity. In Eugenio Corti’s IIrncavallo rosso (a novel covering the decades of the 1940’srnthrough the 70’s), young men of different social classes—peasants,rnworkers, industrialists—display a chastity and modesty towardrnwomen that would be inconceivable among the...

revered and protected.rnToday shame—and chastity—has all but disappeared, evenrnamong religious zealots. At some Evangelical revival meetings,rnit is all too common to hear members of the congregation publiclyrnconfessing to extramarital affairs with other members’rnwives. Obsessed with the need to cleanse themselves, theyrnthink nothing of ruining the woman’s reputation by publicrnscandal. Some years ago I attended a...

erated intellectual who despises traditional piety and who questionsrneven the power of the gods themselves. His rashness andrnmoral arrogance bring destruction to his family and a plague tornhis city. Infatuated by science (the dialectic and materialism ofrnfifth-century Sophists), he does not even know, as the prophetrnpoints out to him, who he is. Science has liberated...

It couldn’t hurt. The arrogance of that statement is astonishing.rnI know eouples whose marriages have been helped enormously,rneven “saved” in their view, through pre- or postmarriagerncounseling. And I have met therapists who are likable,rncaring, and, by all appearances, competent. Taken as a group,rnhowever, the “therapeutic community” is not one to err on thernside of caution....

expectations” of one’s spouse and of the institution of marriagernitself. And what exactly is it that today’s newlyweds (and notso-rnnewlyweds) expect from a spouse and a marriage? Based onrnpublished case histories and transcribed therapy sessionsrn(names changed, of course), they expect to create a union whilernmaintaining independence. They expect privacy without beingrnalone, and feedback without judgments....

One in TenrnA Gay Mythologyrnby Philip JenkinsrnGav issues are likely to remain central to social and politicalrndebate in this country for many years to come, whether inrnthe form of gay rights referenda, gay service in the military,rnschool curricula, or the adoption of children by homosexualrncouples. It should not be too long before one specific issue,...

which this figure is drawn is so flawed as to be worthless; and,rntwo, that even the statistics that were produced should not bernconsidered as evidence of a behavioral condition called “homosexual.”rn”One in ten” originated with the celebrated Kinsey study ofrnthe 1940’s, which argued that about ten percent of men werernchiefly or exclusively homosexual for at...

with learned behaviors rather than innate predisposition.rnIn schools, also, we have long had heated debates about programsrndesigned to give students a positive view of homosexuality,rnwhich incorporate from the earliest grades texts treating homosexualrnrelationships as just as worthy and healthy asrnheterosexual, and perhaps more so. These schemes are foundedrnon the assumption that many pupils (one in...

Though Gibson never explicitly states the basis for his argument,rnthe logic appears to go as follows. First, some 5,000rnyoung people commit suicide each year (true). Assuming thatrnone-tenth of the population is homosexual, we would expectrnabout 500 of these cases to involve gay teenagers and youngrnadults, i/homosexuals had a “normal” rate of suicidal behavior.rnHowever, homosexuals are...

Neonatal CircumcisionrnPreventive Medicine or Mutilation?rnby Thomas SzaszrnDuring most of human history, religious explanations andrnrituals imparted meaning to people’s lives and justifiedrncontrolling their conduct. Today, medical explanations and ritualsrnoften perform those functions. For example, masturbationrnand homosexuality were first forbidden on religious grounds,rnthen on medical grounds. Being a male infant is, of course, notrnbehavior. Accordingly, routine neonatal...

masturbation is a cause of epilepsy is doubted. But there ean bernno doubt of its injurious effect. . .. Circumcision should alwaysrnbe practiced. It may be necessary to make the genital so sore byrnblistering fluids that pain results from attempts to rub thernpart.”rnIt requires education to see the world through disease-coloredrnglasses. Thus, members of the...

The Right StuffrnDrugs and Democracyrnby Tomislav SunicrnMorphine is said to be good for people subject to severerndepressions, or even pessimism. Although the drug hrstrnsurfaced in a laboratory at the end of the last century, its basis,rnopium, had been used earlier by many aristocratic and reactionaryrnthinkers. A young and secretive German romantic, Novalis,rnenjoyed eating and smoking...

running to its death. Smoking opium means getting off therntrain.”rnHashish and marijuana change the body language and enhancernsocial philanthropy. Smoking joints triggers abnormalrnlaughter. Therefore hashish may be described as a collectivisticrndrug custom-designed for individuals who by their lifestylernloathe solitude and who, like Dickens’ proverbial Ms. Jellyby,rnindulge in vicarious humanism and unrepentant globalism. hirntoday’s age of...

ted from his book—illustrates the enormousrnrole that a committed, leftish-liberalrnpress played in the formation of policyrnin the Yugoslav crisis. As Nora Beloff,rna British journalist, remarked in her reviewrnof Balkan Odyssey (in the Times LiteraryrnSupplement last November), “Thernstory might have been very different ifrnthe Guardian man had happened to bernon the west bank of the Drina...

perfectly aware that Tudjman had regularrnCroatian troops in Bosnia, and quietlyrncondoned his intention to violate allrnagreements in order to destroy the KrajinarnSerbs. Accordingly, “There was thereforernno feeling between us of resentmentrnat being let down Vv’hen he did attackrnacross agreed ceasefire lines.”rnAlija Izetbegovic is treated with similarrncharity. We are not told what Owenrnknows: that he had...

Principalities & Powersrnby Samuel FrancisrnBehind Democracy’s CurtainrnOne of the more exciting prospects forrnthe Dole-Chnton presidential contestrnshould have been the “presidential debate,”rnwhich, ever since the Kennedy-rnNixon slugfest of 1960, has titillated thernmass electorate with the delusion thatrnthe voters actually have a real choice betweenrntwo different viewpoints. The onlyrnreason a Dole-Clinton debate ought tornhave been exciting, however,...

though painfully short account of the individualrnmembers of the emerging oligarchy.rnNor does he try to make out thatrnthe oligarchy is always a unified force, asrnvulgar conspiracy speculation assumes.rnRothbard shows how conflict emergedrnbetween the declining Morgan interestsrnand the rising influence of the Rockefellerrnfamily, based on control of oil. Byrnthe 1930’s, the Rockefeller empire hadrnacquired a strong...

CORRESPONDENCErnLetter FromrnMassachusettsrnby Eugene NarrettrnThe Sex Quizrn”Is it possible heterosexuality is a phasernyou will grow out of? Are you heterosexualrnbecause you fear the same sex? If yournhave never slept with anyone of the samernsex, how do you know you wouldn’t preferrnit? Is it possible you merely need arngood gay experience?” Far from rhetoricalrnquestions and accompanying suggestionsrnthat...

tempt for commitment and unnaturalrnlaw has undermined health and marriagernand helped produce quizzes likernthe one at hand. Instead, tenth gradersrnsat there while the authorities asked,rn”Given the problems men and womenrnface, would you want your children to bernheterosexual? If they were, would yournconsider aversion therapy?”rnSome parents are fighting back. Considerrnan ongoing case in which parentsrnThomas and...

“Massachusetts should continue to reservernand honor the special sanction ofrnmarriage for one man and one woman.”rnWeld felt compelled to amend the resolutionrnto be more “inclusive,” as follows:rn”Massachusetts citizens reserve and honorrnthe sanctity of civil marriage.” Oxymoronsrnlike “civil marriage” don’t troublernWeld, whose support for “diversity” isrnsecond to none.rnIt is rude and counterproductive tornmock gays or lesbians...

and freer immigration. The Labour MPrnfor Woolwich attended the Sinn FeinrnAnnual Conference in Dublin in March,rnearning censure from Tony Blair, and hernis only one of a large minority of far-leftrnLabour MPs and supporters, such asrnthe 31 or so MPs who recently refused tornratify the renewal of the Prevention ofrnTerrorism Act. (Liberal Democrats alsornopposed Michael Howard’s...

ing of Chile is American Douglas Tompkins,rna former owner of the Espirit andrnNorth Face companies and a devotee ofrn”deep ecology” environmentalism. Fourrnyears ago, Tompkins began quietly buyingrnup parcels of forested land 100 kilometersrnto the south of Puerto Montt, forrnthe purpose of creating a private nationalrnpark. By the time the governmentrncaught on to his plans, he...

compare to the fashion-mall cigar storesrnin Tucson, Arizona. Second, althoughrnthe Coffee Revolution is several years offrnat this point, there may be rewards forrnearly entrants; Au Bon Pain has alreadyrnmade a tiny beachhead in Santiago, butrndemand remains to be created in a nationrnthat lives in the extremes of Nescafernand espresso. Third, I hope that there isrnmoney...

VITAL SIGNSrnPOP CULTURErnThe Model andrnthe Maidrnby Theodore Pappasrnii I: t is amazing how complete is thern-delusion that beauty is goodness.”rnTolstoy’s remark shot to mind this summer,rnwhen supermodel Linda Evangelistarnwon 80,000 French francs in damagesrnfrom her lawsuit against Jean-MariernLe Pen and the National Front Party ofrnFrance. The controversy stemmed fromrnLe Pen’s campaign posters, which depictedrna Joan...

name,” for when the climactic cut occurred,rnamid “unbelievable chaos,” thern”haircolor icon of our time” perseveredrnlike the “determined” woman she is.rn”When Garren did this cut, I didn’trneven flinch,” the model bragged. It wasrnonly after the wrenching experience, likerna soldier plagued by flashbacks of thernfront, that the emotions of the event gotrnthe best of her. “It was...

white corner crew, one of whom smashesrnopen the black boxer’s skull with arnwalkie-talkie. The white members of thernringside crowd immediately begin tornriot, violently assaulting anyone who hasrna black face. The black boxer’s 74-yearoldrntrainer, a black man himself, andrnbeloved in boxing circles, is struck, andrncollapses to the canvas in apparentrnseizure. Another elderly black man isrnspat upon...

with shots to the head and body. Bowernwas wobbling, he would go in this roundrnor the next. Golota smote him hip andrnthigh, and then Bowe pulled out the oldestrntrick in the book—when Golota’srnhand went low and brushed Bowe’srnthigh, Bowe fell to his knees andrnclutched himself as if he had received arnkarate kick in the groin,...

RELIGIONrnBurn, Baby, Burnrnby Mark TooleyrnFor several months, the nation hasrnbeen wracked by the widespreadrnperception that black churches acrossrnthe South were under widescale attackrnby racist arsonists. President Clinton dutifullyrnvisited a victimized South Carolinarncongregation, and Congress speedilyrnvoted increased prison terms for churchrnburners. Groups from across the politicalrnspectrum, from the Ford Foundationrnon the left to the Christian Coalition...

nations whose combined membershipsrninclude 50 million people.rnThat campaign reached full throttlernon June 8-10, when the NCC, CDR, andrnCCR brought 40 pastors of burnedrnchurches to Washington to meet withrnPresident Clinton, Attorney GeneralrnJanet Reno, and Treasury SecretaryrnRobert Rubin. That visit promulgatedrnmost of the major national media interestrnin the church burnings. The Republican-rncontrolled House Judiciary Committee,rnchaired by Congressman...

human rights abuses in the UnitedrnStates, a call that received support fromrnonly China, Cuba, and Sudan, whoserngovernments are not normally known forrninterest in civil liberty. Afterward, JoernAgue, then a racial justice officer withrnthe NCC and now a board member ofrnthe CDR, declared that white supremacyrnis “running wild” in America, whose atmospherernhe likened to Nazi Germanyrnright...

have also been able to accomplish thernfollowing on a shoestring budget: learnrnto quilt and can fruits; raise broiler hens;rnreceive a master’s degree and write a doctoralrndissertation; help my husband in hisrnhome business (a school); run successfullyrnfor Amherst Town Meeting, twice;rnmanage Pat Buchanan’s Bay State campaign;rninvite an inner-city child to vacationrnin my home by being involved...

^ h e ^ h n ^^ndolph (?lubrnCrystal City MarriottrnArlington, Virginiarn”NATIONALISM, POPULISM, AND THErnFUTURE OF THE AMERICAN RIGHT”rnlo you believe it makes a difference whether Tweedledum or Tweedledumber isrnelected President this fall? Then don’t bother attending the Seventh AnnualrnMeeting of the John Randolph Club. We’ll be discussing issues that reallyrnmatter: whether America is losing her...

way of preventing the undesired visits.rnIn most hospitals, visitors are admittedrnby indicating whom they wish to see. hirnother words, the patient’s consent for thernimpending visit is not requested. In fact,rnonce a visitor is admitted to the hospital,rnhe can enter any patient’s room he wishes.rnThere is no effective way for a patientrnto refuse any visit from...

The Hundredth Meridianrnby Chilton Williamson, Jr.rnWith Jeb Stuart in thernRocky MountainsrnHorses, like people, are naturally lazy andrnessentially perverse; habitually unreadyrnor unwilling to do what duty requires ofrnthem. But in midafternoon of this hot,rnstill day on the desert mine came willinglyrnwhen I called them, perhaps in hope ofrndouble rations or else recalling idyllicrnmountain parks and alpine...

ors and the buglike satellites passrnthrough it as the Big Dipper slippedrnslowly northward over the eastern horizon.rnWe rose a little past dawn, built uprnthe fire for coffee, and worked on thernsalmon some more. When we rode out,rnleaving the camp in place and travelingrnlight, with only a pair of saddlebags andrnthe canteen on the gelding, the...

Modern Editions of Classic Worksrnfor Today^s ReadersrnIN DEFENSE OF FREEDOMrnAND RELATED ESSAYSrnBy Frank S. MeyerrnForeword by William C. DennisrnWhen it first appeared in 1962, In Detiense of Freedom was hailedrnby Richard M. VVeaver as “a brilliant defense of the primacy of thernperson” and an “indictment of statism and bureaucratism.” Of thernauthor, William F. Buckley, Jr.,...

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toiroRrnThomas FlemingrnMANAGING EDITORrnilieodore PappasrnSENIOR EDITOR, BOOKSrnChilton Williamson, Jr.rnEDITORIAI: ASSISTANTrnMichael WashburnrnART DIRECTORrnAnna Mycek-WodeckirnCONTRIBUTINC; EDITORSrnHarold O.]. Brown, Catherine Dalton,rnSamuel Francis, George Garrett,rnChristine Haynes, F. Christian Kopff,rnj.O. Tate, Clyde WilsonrnCfJRRESPONDING I:DI TORSrn6(7/ Kaijffman, William Mills,rnJacob Neusner, John Shelton Reed,rnMomcilo SeliernEDITORIAL SECRETARY’rnLeann DobbsrnPUBLISHERrnAllan C. CarlsonrnPliBLlCA’TlON DIRECTORrnGuy C. ReffettrnPRODUCTION SECRETARYrnAnita CandyrnCIRCULATION MANAGERrnRochelle FrankrnA publication of The Rockford Institute,rnEditorial and Advertising...

real menace to our national life; for, ifrnsuccessfully carried through, the policyrnwill bring a reyersion to the spirit andrncustom of the days of the Puritans.”rnWhen I attended public schools inrnthe Bronx, New York, almost all ofrnmy chrssmates were jews. Any prayersrn\ould have been led b’ a Jewish teacherrnand a seryice at graduation time by arnrabbi....

CULTURAL REVOLUTIONSrnROBERT HUSSEIN, a Kuwaiti citizen,rnmay be wishing for another Iraqirnoccupation. After converting to Christianity,rnHussein was put on trial for apostasyrnin an Islamic court, which quicklvrnfound him guilty. Although Kuwait’srnconstitution guarantees freedom of religion,rnit imposes no penalty on a Muslimrnwho kills a man found guilty of apostaswrnWhile Hussein still has the ostensiblernright to practice his...

bear unwanted children is too great tornl)ear.rnWhen we hear of violent erimes inrnthe inner eit, it is commonh said thatrnsociet is responsible. Without agreeingrnthat societv is responsible, and certainlyrnwithout den ing the responsibility of thernperpetrators of erimes, we might noterntliat the same logic applies in this case:rnthat if a callous society is responsible forrnerimes in...

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