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William F. Buckley Lived Off Evil As Mold Lives Off Garbage

William F. Buckley Lived Off Evil As Mold Lives Off Garbage William F. Buckley Lived Off Evil As Mold Lives Off Garbage

A not-too-fond remembrance of “Squire Willie,” patron saint of post-World War II American conservatism.

Jun 11, 1988 / Robert Sherrill

Gore Vidal

Requiem for the American Empire Requiem for the American Empire

“Empires are restless organisms. They must constantly renew themselves; should an empire start leaking energy, it will die.”

Jan 11, 1986 / Gore Vidal

Open Letter to the Born Again Open Letter to the Born Again

Sometimes, our best efforts at peace are betrayed.

Sep 29, 1979 / James Baldwin

Teach-in On The Environment Teach-in On The Environment

 Ecology has become a very important issue on campuses this season, and this teach-in was the forerunner--a kind of model--for thousands of college and high school colloquia t...

Apr 6, 1970 / Raymond R. Coffey

Coupling and Uncoupling Coupling and Uncoupling

The most striking thing about Couples is the novelist's attempt to break out of the intimist, unpolitical, miniaturist mold that had become his official bust.

May 13, 1968 / Books & the Arts / Jose Yglesias

Hammer of Civil Rights

Hammer of Civil Rights Hammer of Civil Rights

“Exactly one hundred years after Abraham Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation for them, Negroes wrote their own document of freedom in their own way.”

Mar 9, 1964 / Martin Luther King Jr.

A Bold Design for a New South

A Bold Design for a New South A Bold Design for a New South

Tokenism was the inevitable outgrowth of the Administration’s design for dealing with discrimination.

Mar 30, 1963 / Martin Luther King Jr.

It Seems to Heywood Broun It Seems to Heywood Broun

Baseball was glorified as the acme of precision long before the magazine writers began to proclaim that Henry Ford was our equivalent for Goethe.   

Oct 23, 1929 / Heywood Broun

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