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us and for tlie generations to come. Decay and appalling qualityrnof services are characteristic not only of “barbarous” Russiarnand other Eastern European nations, but of other nations whornsuffer a government monopoly on health care, hi England, forrnexample, the waiting list for surgerv is nearly 800,000 out of arnpopulation of 55 million. State-of-the-art equipment is nonexistentrnin...

group of mostly poor people, enough to comprise a large state,rndesperate and unable to obtain basic medical care. In fact, thernBureau of the Census estimates arc an average in a givenrnmonth. A 1992 report put out bv the bureau estimated that inrn1987 only about 16 million people were without insurance forrnall of 1987. Now this...

ocrity and metal detectors. I lealth care spending does not justrn”devour” our budget or threaten to wreck our economy. Healthrnservices are part of the economy. I lealth services are countedrnas part of our GDP.rnNone of this is meant to suggest that there are no problemsrnwith the amount of money we spend on health care or...

decision. Theretofore, state legislativernapportionment had been treated by thernCourt as a nonjusticiable political question.rnBrennan, however, brought it intornthe adjudicatory ambit by removing itrnfrom the Guaranty Clause and declaringrnit an equal-protection issue, thereby assuringrnthe ultimate outcome in a subsequentrncase: one man, one vote. In arnpenetrating dissent, Frankfurter denouncedrnthis remarkable arrogation ofrnpower: “There is not under our...

plan was upheld by Brennan in directrncontradietion of the explicit language ofrnTitle VII, the antidiscrimination provisionrnof the Civil Rights Act of 1964. AsrnJustice Scalia noted in his astute dissent:rn”In fact, the only losers in the process arernthe Johnsons of the country [Johnsonrnwas the man who, though more qualified,rnwas passed over in favor of a woman],rnfor...

firmly on the Japanese islands. He is fullrnof pointed lessons, some of which underscorernthe fact that Japan owes muchrnof its success to America. The Datsunrnautomobile, he reminds us, was originallyrndesigned by an expatriate Americanrnengineer, William Gorham. DouglasrnMacArthur gave the Japanese a constitutionrnthat freed them from the burdensrnof self-defense, eventually freeing vastrnsums of capital for other...

had him, his wife, and his brotherrnbutchered in DubHn. Essex then surprisedrnthe Clan Ian Mor’s women andrnchildren, sheltered at Rathlin Island inrn1575, and killed them all. But even so,rnEssex had not shaken Sorley Boy, whornhad to watch the massacre from therncoastal cliffs. Sorlcy’s victory near Carrickfcrgusrnshowed the English that hernstill had to be dealt with....

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CORRESPONDENCErnLetter FromrnPittsburghrnby Ralph R. ReikndrnThe War on Medicine CityrnThe bad news for Pennsylvania’s economyrnis that the Chnton health care planrntakes direct aim at the state’s two biggestrnemployers—the health care sector andrnthe restaurant industry. Pittsburgh’s singlernlargest private employer is the Universityrnof Pittsburgh Medical Center, arnworld leader in cancer research andrntransplant surgery with a staff of 12,000.rnOverall,...

because thev can’t afford it. With averagernrestaurant profits at 4 percent ofrngross, $500,000 in sales produces $20,000rnin profits, before taxes. Nationwide,rnmore than three-quarters of all eatingrnand drinking establishments, somern525,000 businesses, have sales underrn$500,000.rnPresident Clinton’s Council of PxonomiernAdvisors concludes that the jobrnlosses from the administration’s healthrncare plan will be at least 600,000. Thatrnestimate hasn’t killed the...

school of the University of Sarajevo sincern1989 and the head of the department ofrnreconstructive and plastic surgery sincern1978. I have also established an internationalrnreputation as a skilled plasticrnsurgeon, specializing in the field of microscopicrnsurgery, most specifically onrntrauma to the hands. I have never beenrnable to distinguish a difference betweenrnthe hands of a Serb, a Croat,...

crime, Muslims killing Muslims andrnbliiming the Serbs for propaganda. It isrnonh one example of the horrors of thernpropaganda war and the gullibility ofrntlic Western news media.rnAt the very beginning of the war, thernehicf surgeon of the Bosnian army. Dr.rnNaim Kadie, over mv vehement protest,rnpermitted Bosnian army snipers to operaternfrom the hospital roof and from severalrnwindoxss...

Dr. Dawkins, Mr. Milton’s skeptical thesisrnis akin to the letters he routineUrnreceives “from flat-carthers and otherrnharmless fruitcakes.” Writing in NewrnStatesman & Society, he accused Mr.rnMilton of having an undisclosed Creationistrnmotive—without, however,rnhimself disclosing that the book containsrna lengthy critique of his book I’hernBlind Watchmaker. But what shouldrnmost arouse the suspicions of the uncommittedrnlayman is Dawkins’ lengthvrnrail...

VITAL SIGNSrnCOMMONWEALrnHillary Clinton andrnMy Grandmother’srnToenailsrnby Ron CourtneyrnMy grandmother was a frugal lady.rnShe was a warm, friendly, andrnloving person, but she could squeeze arndollar until George Washington’s eyesrncrossed. When she frosted a cake shernused only half of each ingredient in thernrecipe, so the frosting was paper-thin andrntended to disappear after a dav or two,rnbut she always...

ly, the costs for such cheating rise astronoiiiicallyrnwith each increment inrnlongevity. A few simple public healthrnmeasures, an improved diet, and regularrnvaccinations can have a major impactrnon tliose under 50. Keeping a singlernseriouslv ill 90-vear-okl alive can cost arnfortune. And this fortune squeezes outrnonly a few more vcars at best.rnIt is the attempt to add a...

students; priests who sexually abuse littlernbows; naval offieers who apparently makernorgies an annual, celebrated event; andrnmovie stars who take on the names ofrnsolcnni religious figures to promoternvideos and books portraying kinky sex.rnThen there was the ongoing debate overrngas in tlic military, which meant thatrnnewspaper and magazine readers werern” treated to ever more graphic descriptionsrnconcerning the...

Down through the centuries, musicrnfrom popular to opera has revolvedrnaround love. Love lost. Love gained.rnEndless love. Falling in love. Unrequitedrnlove. Sometimes naive, corny, andrnsentimental. Occasionally erotic in anrnamorous, lighthearted way. But loe,rnnevertheless. Until recently, song lyricsrnwere never mean, grotesque, or disrespectful.rnI’he music did not remind yournof a grand mal seizure. Certairrly lovernwas not reduced to...

along, because the schools and the mediarn—backed up unwittingly, perhaps, byrnthe courts—continually undermine thernefforts of responsible parents trying torndo their job.rnTlius has sexuality become the stuff ofrnbillboards and bumper stickers, each vyingrnfor attention, each more shockingrnthan the last. Oh, yes. Today’s teachingsrnabout sex are negative, all right, just asrnAIDS czarina Kristine Gebbie says. Butrnno more...

partv with a willingness to tacklernthe welfare state head on—the NewrnDemocrats—appears to be dissolving.rnHolding 25 seats (and the balance ofrnpower) in Sweden’s padiamcnt after thern1991 vote, this newly organized partyrnmobilized populist anger over high taxes,rnuncontrolled immigration, and an unresponsivernpolitical elite. While the New-rnDemocrats were not invited to join thernruling coalition, the new governmentrnrelied on their...

her.rnAs a child she had ahvavs hated littlerngirls who told cvervhodv they wanted torngrow up to be mothers.rnShe goes to visit her own mother, whornmav get siek at anv moment and needrncare for the rest of her life. She comesrninto the tinv apartment in a combinedrnguilt and lo’e that render her speechless.rn()n these ‘isits she...

Sinners into Saintsrnby David R. SkvittrnIn the Name of the FatherrnProduced and directed by Jim SheridanrnScreenplay by Terry George andrn]im SheridanrnBased on the autobiography ofrnGerry ConlonrnReleased by Universal PicturesrnFranz Kafka was right about metamorphoses.rnThe usual direction isrnfrom the human condition to somethingrnlower, the cockroach or whatever insect itrnwas that Gregor Samsa became. Moies,rnthough, are a...

The Hundredth Meridianrnby Chilton Williamson, Jr.rnGroundhog Days,rnJavelina NightsrnHow a people as addicted to novelty asrnthe modern American public can remainrnindifferent to an experience restricted tornthe last three or four of the thousands ofrnhuman generations, drawing their airplanernwindow shades to watch a moviernor study an organizational chart, is—orrnought to be—a subject of major interestrnto the psychological...

childhood.” It is the present generationrnof seniors that is chiefly responsible forrnthe despoliation of the American landscapernb’ suburbia, shopping malls, superrnhighways, fast-food strips, and industrialrnparks to the point where almost no workrnof human hands in America today isrnworth anv response beyond a violentrnretch. Nothing in Arizona approaches,rnfrom an aesthetic point of view, thernbeautv of a...

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Young America’s Foundationrnis a refuge for students seeking an alternative to the politicallyrncorrect’ environment enforced on many campuses.”rnLibertas is the Foundation’s generalrnnewsletter published six times yearly. Itrnreports on Foundation events, noting studentsrnwho have been successful conductingrncampus programs and battling politicalrncorrectness.rnFree.rnRonald ReaganrnNow more than ever conservativernstudents mustrnbe prepared to defendrntheir beUefs. Knowledge andrninformation are key weaponsrnin...

EDITORrnThomas FlemingrnMANAGING EDITORrnTheodore PappasrnSENIOR EDITOR, BOOKSrnChilton Williamson, ]r.rnASSISTANT EDITORrnChristine HaynesrnART DIRECTORrnAnna Mycek-WodeckirnCONTRIBUTING EDITORSrnJohn W.Aldridge, Harold O.].rnBrown, Katherine Dalton, SamuelrnFrancis, George Garrett,rnE. Christian Kopff, Clyde WilsonrnCORRESPONDING EDITORSrnJanet Scott Barlow, Bill Kauffman,rnJohn Shelton Reed, Momcilo SelicrnEDITORIAL SECRETARYrnLeann DobbsrnPUBLISHERrnAllan C. CarlsonrnPUBLICATION DIRECTORrnGuy C. ReffettrnCOMPOSITION MANAGERrnAnita FedorarnCIRCULATION MANAGERrnRochelle FrankrnA publication of The Rockford Institute.rnEditorial and Advertising Offices:rn934 North Main...

tainly like to see him document such arnclaim. Just a brief survey of the gunrnclubs and hunting clubs that existed inrnthe 20’s and 30’s would suggest that therncitizenry was well armed. Until a lawrnwas finally passed prohibiting it, one ofrnthe favorite pastimes of Angelenos wasrnshooting jackrabbits from the rear platformrnof the passenger cars (the “big...

CULTURAL REVOLUTIONSrnT H E SPYING O F CIA operativernAldrich Hazen Ames and his wife Mariarndel Rosario Casas Ames—who havernbeen accused by the FBI of working forrnthe Soviets and later the Russians—isrnsignificant for reasons that have escapedrnthe Establishment press. RepublicanrnSenator Dole and Democratic SenatorrnDeConcini and many others shouldrnthink twice before denouncing the manifestrnincompetence of a federal...

Doesn’t every traitor need and deserve anrnorganized constituency trying to get himrnout of jail?rn—/.O. TaternCLINTON-BASHING IS a temptingrnsport, as indicated by the phenomenalrnpopularity of Rush Limbaugh. But likerneverything that is too easy, it has its pitfalls.rnIt will be a fruitless enterprise if itrnmerely succeeds in tearing down Clintonrnto make way for a lackluster Republicanrnadministration onlv...

jump in quick when there is a new gamblingrn—excuse me, gaming—opportunityrnand jump out fast when their “business”rnslows down. Witness how three ofrnthe five riverboat casinos in Iowa hoistedrnanchor after only two years when juicierrn”markets” opened up in other states.rnThe riverboat gambling law passed byrnthe Missouri Legislature and approvedrnby Governor Carnahan calls for arn$50,000 licensing fee...

surrounding Stanley Park has high-risernapartments with high-rise rental fees.rnGranville and Maritime, once pristinernislands at the gateway of the harbor, arernnow built-up middle-class neighborhoodsrnwith museums and playgroundsrnand are the site of a world-famous bathtubrnrace—bathtubs outfitted with outboardrnengines racing across the harbor.rnBv any measure Vancouver has enteredrnthe ranks of the world’s greatest cities.rnYet this is only part...

Principalities & Powersrnby Samuel FrancisrnForty Years AfterrnAmericans have grown fond of celebratingrnanniversaries of one kind or another.rnI first noticed this new habit during thernnational thrombosis over the Statue ofrnLiberty back in 1986, but more recentlyrnthe habit has swollen into something likernan epidemic, hi the late 1980’s and earlyrn1990’s, we have endured the anniversariesrnof the U.S....

Brown decision today is not that it replacedrnforce with freedom but that it replacedrnone kind of free but morally inferiorrnconduct (segregation) with unfreernbut morally superior conduct (integration).rnThat defense is also preposterousrnon its face, if only because conduct thatrnis unfree and forced cannot be morallyrnbetter than conduct that is freely chosenrnand unforced, but its preposterousnessrndoes not...

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who their people were and knew the land they lived on. Herernin the Middle West, only the Indians have a right to speak ofrntheir ancestors or call the land sacred, and when they complainrnof the desecration of funeral mounds, they are defended onlyrnby crackpot leftists who have forgotten to turn down the thermostatrnin their sweatlodge....

against the South is not over, and the South’s enemies—thernliberal-conservative Establishment that owns and operates thernUnited States as a private monopoly—will not rest until thevrnhave erased every vestige of the Southern identity.rnOne typical complaint against the Confederate flag is thatrnit is the symbol of treason and rebellion. I say “typical,” becausernno one who knew anything...

Synaptic Gaprnby Daniel Franko GoldmanrnIn no other species but Manrnare disparities of intellect so glaring.rnNo doubt some apes are underachievers; some dogs and bearsrnlearn circus tricks more readily than their duller brethren;rnamong birds of a particular species, some use sticks as leversrnto pry their shellfish open, while others, more dimwitted, poundrnthe bivalves repeatedly on rocks,...

Sewed to keep in memory.rnFrom earth’s corners four winds blowingrnCross to make this sacred sign,rnSet in round where sun is center—rnHeaven and earth by God’s design.rnSweethearts’ fancies, roadside flowers.rnLore of plant and lift of tree.rnAll we know that’s wise and lovely.rnSewed to keep in memory.rnAll we know that’s wise and lovely,rnSewed to keep in memory.rnMiss...

Tumbles the sagging rails, and the late crowrnAlone can challenge, whom for countersignrnI open these uncrafty hands,rnUnweaponed now, to seek upon the hillrnStones where no filial tribute can be lost,rnAbove the bones not laid in stranger’s lands,rnBut their own earth commingles with their dust;rnOur home is far across the western wavernBack of whose steeps, forsaken...

“Rebel Yell” of the Confederate soldier and how it sounded tornthose who first heard it in battle. Yet the point of Davidson’srnanswer is not Southern but generic: the importance of memoriarnto all civilized societies and particuladyrnTo men whose logical eyes might never seernThose living fields I knew where memoryrnWas not yet shut in many books...

Highlanders killed at Ticonderoga, or Jennie McCrea murderedrnby the Iroquois during the French and Indian War, willrndo the turn and make the past present for those who seek it out.rnNeedless to say, those who are thus “prepared” will be able tornhear the “Rebel Yell”—and to imagine such outcries and shoutingrnand the feelings they reflect—that “rage...

erable sinners like the rest of humanity, then it is a neeessaryrnstep to take and a small price to pay. Such admission andrndemonstration may result in public benefit.rnAfter all, many of the virtues that sustain a writer’s work arernpublic virtues as well as private ones. I speak of honesty, steadfastness,rnperseverance, thoughtfulness, charity, understanding,rnlove of justice...

set of circumstances that comprise his artistic material, if ourrnbetter instincts triumphed over our worse. If the artist is a writer,rnhe or slie doesn’t have to outline the results of this moral victoryrnanywhere in the pages of the poem or story at hand. Butrnit has to be kept in mind because it supplies the sunshinernbackdrop...

quence is all the more striking for the implied contrast with therndumbed-down discourse of the contemporary standard,rnwhether in the multiplex or on cable. It is actually shocking tornsee the Civil War represented in historically sound language,rnideas, and motives, rather than in some rigidly ideological reduction.rnPrecious little in American culture since the 60’s hasrnprepared us for...

crful and inclusive vision of the Ameriean past (in She Wore arnYellow Ribbon and ‘i’he Horse Soldiers and elsewhere), but hernwas far from alone. The North/South conflict is played out inrnmany a Western. In George Stevens’s Shane, for example, thernblowhard Southerner “Stonewall” Torrcv is done in by thernhired killer, Wilson. When the eponymous hero wants...

opprobrium or ns the moral equivalent of the swastika. Thatrnflag is no more to be shunned than is the old “Spirit of 76” flag,rnthe flag of the Republic of Texas, or my own favorite, the rattlesnakernwith the motto “Don’t Tread On Me.” Anyway, I certainlvrnhope that no senator of whatever race, gender, or orientationrnwill suggest...

contributed his Agrarian essay to 17/ Take My Stand. In otherrnwords, he was a Fugitive first and an Agrarian second, thoughrnthe poem is singular for Lytle, who, unlike the other main Fugitives,rnwrote mostly fiction and made his reputation as a novelistrnrather than as a poet. On the strength of that one poemrnalone, Andrew Lytle deserves...

tivator of American letters, by virtue of the historical accidentrnthat he was a Fugitive-Agrarian, a Southern poet and criticrnwho took part in the central intellectual movement of 20thcenturyrnAmerica. He deserves recognition for being in the rightrnplace at the right time with the right measure of talent, morerna matter of fate than of free will; but...

rest and I Us Critter Company, he consciously returned to therntheme lie had started with, that tlie Southern spirit was bestrnepitomized bv Forrest, a commoner who became a general,rnwho was victorious even in defeat. Lytle says:rnIn the Confederacy’s declining fortunes one man stoodrnout in the minds of Middle Tennessee and the contiguousrnstates. General Forrest was...

ing story of Forrest according to therncanons of political correctness and psychobabble.rnHurst, by contrast, has developedrnnew material pertaining to thernobscurities of Forrest’s antebellum andrnpostbellum life, and the more familiarrnhistory of the incredible campaigns hernhas retold clearly and well. Moreover, hernis able to put Forrest in the perspective ofrnhis times, which is what a historianrnshould do,...