vided into nine years of active dedicationnto communism and 48 years ofnfierce fighting against it. What Timenmeticulously does not report is thatnSilone left the Communist Party inn1930, and, until his death, he not onlyndenounced the communist revolutionnand the Soviet state as the ultimate inn”tyrannical degeneration,” but also wasnthe leading figure in the Italian anticommunistnideological and politicalnfront. It’s doubtful that the Agitpropndepartment of the U.S. CommunistnParty could have performed a betternexcision of truth in their press releasesnthan did Time’s editors. Q]nLiberal CulturenOh! Not Again!nA certain Andrew Kopkind, in anpiece called “Cold War II,” publishednby the pinkish organ of the New Yorknsocioradic dandy set New Times (Octobern30, 1978):n”The gravest threat to U.S.-Sovietnrelations isn’t Russian malfeasance,nbut rather a small group ofnunrestricted hawks determined tonderail detente.”nhove and Death Among SuhhumansnA punk rock “musician” by the imprepossessingnname of Sid Vicious allegedlynstabbed to death his girlfriend.nNauseating Nancy, in the Hotel Chelsea,nNew York City. Nothing to benterribly excited about, except for thenrank gravy in which the Liberal Culture’snorgans serve the saga. They trynto turn it into a latter-day “Frankienand Johnny,” comfortably forgettingnthat Frankie killed, intoxicated by lovenand pride, while Sid purportedly butchered,nintoxicated by dope and bestiality.nBoth Sid and Nancy belongednto the humanoid jet set. Both werenhopeless narcomaniacs who never hadnS8inChronicles of CulturenChicago Tribune’s SemanticsnVf’^hat is a Chicago Tribune “critic”?nThe answer is a certain HarrietnChoice, who is described in her bylinenas a “jazz critic.” She writes aboutnthe Fifth Annual Tribute to Duke Ellington.nOf Ellington, she has to say:n”. . . Ellington legacy provided anbeautiful evening of music andncreated that unusual commonnmeeting for jazz fans and artists.n. .”nCirca 400 words about who playednwhat on which instrument follow. Qntrouble with money: Mr. Vicious’n”art” provided him with a six figurenincome for his “cultural” messages.nNew York Magazine decided to perpetuatenhis fame: its report of thenmurder is entitled “A Love Story,”nand is enriched by pictures in whichnMr. Vicious sports a T-shirt with anhuge swastika on his heroinical chest.nThe apologists of punk rock considernNazi regalia fun, the survivors of Auschwitznhave another name for it. Inguess Village Voice has, albeit inadvertently,nput the whole event intonproper perspective. It ran a picture ofnMr. Vicious, a stuporous clod of ansubhuman, being taken into custody bynpolice. The caption:n”McLaren [Vicious’ agent] shouldnhave Sid out on $50,000 bail bynnow. A new record, supposedly tonpay his legal fees, is in the works.”nWhich means that the Liberal Culture,nat least in this case, subsidizesnmurder — as it is the extreme libcultists,noften in their teens, who pay fornpunk “music,” while countless libculturalnhard-sell canards like RollingnStone or Village Voice, push it franticallynas cultural fare.nnnSpiritual Disinheritancen”. . . that stillness. That silence. Itnlies at the heart of all mythicizing,nall the spiritual experience —nboth real and imagined — that attachesnto the city. I hated it.”nThis is how the Village Voice headlinesnan article on Jerusalem by one ofnits enraged, libcultural, “literary” hipsters.nFor the last 3,000 years, it has beennconsidered the most seminal silence innthe universe. All our freedoms originatednin that spiritual experience. Evennthe Village Voice’s right to a noisynhecticality and the spouting of gibberishnhas its roots in that stillness andnthe moral precepts born in it.nIntrafamily SexnThe wording is chic and new. Itnmeans, however, a hoary practice, condemnednby mankind since its dawn.nThe Liberal Culture, as represented bynits ideological psychologists, has’ recentlynput it back into focus. It’s incest,nthe latest rage of libcultural gurusnand pornographers. If anyone has anyndoubt as to who’s to blame for itsnlatter-day bloom, Joan Beck, columnistnin search of truth, delivers the answer:n”Often a molesting father arguesnthat incest is harmless, or evenneducational for his daughter. Pamela,nfor example, says her fathernquoted books to her and insisted,n”There’s nothing wrong with it,nwith the father initiating thendaughter.’ This view of incest asnjust another happy expression ofnsexual freedom is supported by enthusiasticnletters describing intrafamilynsex in both soft and hardncore porn magazines.” Qn