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Is the Westin Danger?

By Midge Decter The titleof my talk can hardly even be called a theworld large. at The WestEuropeans on a course surrenderare of rhetorical question. Everyone this room knows in theWestisin danger. else, Why indeed, we here are if ing themselves voluntarily the uhimate to inroads of Sovietization? letthem.We can surely Well, defend notto takecounsel about thatveryfact? truth The is we haveall come, evenif by separate routes, the to our own borders. Elections thatdo not produce the desired resuhs be negotiated in the service can away samesense urgency. of Speaking myself, would for I sayitis a terrible sense urgency, intheidea of bred I of public relations social or convenience? Well, is that not the way the worldreallyworks anyway? cannot shake loose: thatwe havenever beencloser to losing thatwhich has beenour unique it historical Why kid ourselves?Each wedding we now attend feels likea sacramental not initiation thetides into privilege be the guardians I mean, course, to of. of nothing elsethanour veryfreedom. Thatfreedom is and currents mans of fruitful sojourn earth, on but nowadays threatened many ways. Again,I need in rather likea throw thedice? of Well, after all,we havea newsetof social relations replacing old. the not listthemall in thiscompany. But thereis one areaof our social attitudes in Thereis, for instance, need to speakhere of no Sovietweapons and the almostuninterrupted, brawhichthe cynicism despair "So what?"seems and of zen encroachments Sovietideology. reading of Any to me to have becomemost particularly pervasive of onesmorning paperis a sufficient reminder of andthreatening. area, suppose, affected This I is by thepresent governments failure act.Butthespeed to both. Nor do I aim to speak of the adequacyor inadequacy the present of administration m respondand ease, withwhich tookoverirathefirst it place must tell us something cannotdeny aboutthe we ingto those encroachments. I live, least Where at -deeper sickly condition our national of ethos. which lately feels me as if it is on the shuttle to betweenNew York and Washington we have been -I am speaking ahout the nearobliteration what of we refer in the shorthand publi( to ol discussion as speaking little of elsefor nearly year now. Our a the ideaof merit anditssubstitutiontheideaof by disappointmentin inverse is ratio our highhopes to group class or entitlement. substitutionnot, This is -- thefirst decades of a year in -ago.Butthere are dangers freedom to that the Reagan Administration, andnever has heen, its proponents as claim, issue an or any otheradministration, do nothing can about, ofjustice even, manyof itsopponents or as claim, an issueof injustice. is,andalways been, matter It has a forthey stemfrom out-relation life reality to and -of cynicism, plain and simple. Weare facing proba anditis oneofthese that wishto ,all I attention to lem causedby the maldistribution achievements of today. and awards? Verywell, then,we shall-- by fiat-httheend, believe isa far I it more intractable arid declare nature achievement and void. the of null And possibly far more divisive dangerthan either the do not deceive yourselves; affirmative action not is aggressivenessourenemy the so far less-thanof or only a matter of employment and educational forceful responses our government it. The of to accreditation. Tomorrow, we see,it willtouch as the danger antreferring is thatcontained a simI to in electoral process itself; indeed, is already it doing st), ple, deadly,corrosive question. This question, and fromthere willtouch it everything. is why That spoken unspoken, in theair all around or is us. It infuses our cuhure, dogs the education our it ol a stroke Reagans of pen. thoughit wouldulakea very great difleren(e, nothy itself will suffice rid to children, it seeps, and unhss areeternally we vigus of thisspiritual (ancer. basi, A princil)le disilant, into the verymarrow our I),mes. is of It mantled will. likeHuml)ty Dumpty, so easily not tit lil,eral question, hmdamentally, calling but ourselves conservatives not.hy itself, will t)rote(t puttogether again. thebasic And principle goes here fromitssimple, deadly, corrosive effects ourprion deeper thanequality opportunity, of though thisin itself theonetruly is revolutionary discovery the of vatespirits on our public and couduct. question The modern world ournations -discovery, virtue by of I mean is expressed two shortwordsthat,put in whichwe have been the one benignly revolutionary together combined and withtheinterrogative, might nation modern in history. Nevertheless, princithe nowadays just be the two mostpotentwordsin the plegoes deeper even than that. is,like question It the English language. Theyart. "So what?" in,John As h,ves Mary -- so what? in, a precious As constituthattmdermines a hlindingly it, simph principle: that realitycounts for something. That it has tionalprinciple beingviolated so what?As is -weight Thatit has meaning, willnot be denied. and when the novelor fihn or play or musiccurrently I havesaid that affirmative a(tion, mostperfect the beingtouted a profound as masterpiece ourcuhuby ralstandardbearers isactually piece meritricious exampleof "So what?",is not reallya matterof a of employment education. and What I was referring to junk -- so what? One could nowadaysapply this is the underlying message thispolicy, message of a formulation immediately in recognizable ways to taken heart over to all thissociety; everything that is justabout everyareaof life-- private, communal, a fraud, racket, deal,an arrangement. is a a Work national, international; sex, to familyobligato nothing; standing everything. is Whatone needs in tions, cuhurai to standards, our dentands pubto on thislife-- antithere not an issue a womens is of litofficials, ourreading their to of demands us, on magazine, for instance, that does not somewhere md tooursense, lackofsense, responsibility or of to carry article a passage an article an or of pointing this out -- is not ambition, energy, training, and that one indispensable completely and incommensurable trait forsuccess called, where comefrom, I "moxy." One does not need thesethings. What one needs a n%work old-boy, is -old-girl, racial. or Lookat any listof grants awarded major by foundations. Lookat anylistof literary journalistic or prizes,of honorary degrees,of appointments to boards, awards of that carrygoldplaques, you and willsee the workof a committee whichby now does not need to calculate percentages, they are for imprinted thevery nervous on system. Doesall this matter? Thereis thatinsidious question again. It matters -- nothing more. Take something,for example, that mightnot soundveryimportant. Each favorable reviewof a book the reviewer himself kr~ows be bad but is the work of a woman,or a to black, a homosexual, justan enemy ordinary or or of life(andwe see sucha review, somewhere, every day) is a blowat the proposition there goodand that is bad, worthyand unworthy, healthyand unhealthy; in short,a blow at the proposition that life is weightyand has consequences. Each blow at this proposition produces anotherdivorce,another deserted child, another decision abort to the fetus thatamniocentesis reveals be imperfect, to another impulse pull the plug on a sick parent, to another homosexual, anothermugging. Am I beingextreme?All this from affirmative action? Yes.Allthisfromthesamesense lifethat of made affirmative action feasible a policy. this, All in otherwords,from "So what?"But what,you might ask, doesthis have dowiththefact to that300SS-20s arepointed Europe; at thata newSoviet fleet sails the seven seas; thatourEuropean allies are,without saying so, considering possibility surrender the of andthatin order wheedle to themintoreconsidering we disastrouslysend negotiatorsto Geneva or Vienna;that the Sovietshave launched the most massivepropaganda campaign ira threedecadesto disarmus and that we have had to standby sheepishly as this campaign has swept acrossour own shores and thrown our populace and our politicians intodeepconfusion? answer -- everything. The is It has everything do withthese to things. Those Soviet missiles, ships, andliesarebeing armed allthe in more deadly fashionby our own decay.We have not -- not yet -- applied our so dangerous question to the prospect Soviet of conquest, we are coming but close. do notthink theendwe would so -- but I in do "intheend"istoolate. A few years ago, the New York Times carrieda storyabout antidraft an demonstration Princeton at University. thinkit was antidraft. occasion I The wasforgettable, blended intoso manyothers likeit. What was unforgettable, however,was the news photo thataccompanied story. was of a young the It man-- healthy, vital, privileged, tanned, doubt, no by the sunsof skiing Vermont beaching the in and in Virgin Islands. was carrying placard which He a -m was scrawled the motto."Thereis nothingworth dyingfor." He is our child,that youngman. We desperately not wish for him to die. But his do announcement that placardis an announcement on aboutmore than the draft, more than nuclear wealions, more thanwar. He who says there nothing is worthdyingfor saysthereis nothing worthliving for. We, as a society, havesomemeasure responsiof bility for themessage thatplacard, the fact on for that a youngAmerican the healthiest, -luckiest, most tenderly treated youngman in history, the at heightof his physical sexual and powers, marching around that pretty, pretty town on a day of bright sunshine we havesonte -responsibility thefact for that tie couldfind nothing valuesave his own of skin; neither mother, father, kith, nor nor norkin, nor ctmntry, nor God. Nietzsche said that he who values only staying alivehas the mind of a slave. Untilwe takeit uponourselves makethat boy a to freeInan-- both:freearrda man -- thecontinued survival ourowlrfreedom a nalion ot as willnollie assured. This speechwas givenat the annualmeetingof the P/uladelphia Smietv Chicago in April17, IO82. MidgeDecter the executive is director The Comof m ittee tireFreeWorld, [or romposed a humbero] o[ eminent aitthors .~,holar.~ both and on .~ides tire o[ Atlantic. Formerly senior the editor Basic o[ Books and executive editor Harpers, Decter the o[ Miss is authoro] The New Chastity and LiberalParents, Radical Children. Firstprinted the Rock]ord by lnstitutes Occasional Papers ~eries.

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UCSDhas affirmed devotion seriousness its to and high standards unveiling by WomensStudiesand Black Per/orming Arts Program minors as new entries itslist academic in of disciplines. Liberal pretty-boy Robert Redford, substantial a landowner Utah,wantsto develop in the areanear his SundanceResort,says Redfords properties manager, JohnLear.The actor has applied perfor mitsto develop between and50 lotsnearthesmall 40 ski resort and has askedLear to draw up a master planfortheresort, Redfords ranch Spanish in Fork, and otherholdings. Formerly uhra-preservationist, an Redfordnow viewsdeveloped wilderness a different in light. "Economics playinga big role in everyones are life," Learsaid. James Wattbe proud. Helen Caldicott, the Physicians of for Social Responsibility,diagnosed armsraceas a case has the of "missileenvy" stemming"from an inadequate malesexual complex the partof the worlds on leaders." profound Caldicott alsotrying get The Ms. is to the Sierra Clubto jointhe nuclear freeze movement because nuclearwar would hurt chipmunks,and birdies, theozone and layer.

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The Playboy Philosopher

Mortimer Smithin his book My School the City:A Memoiro] New York in the Twenties recounts how he used New York City as a classroom. Newsstands were stockedwith literary magazines, legitimate theatre was thriving, movies were becoming art an form, and institutions--museums, churches,and universities--had tours, sermons, lectures and that made autodidacticism a happyeducational alternative. Today gooddealof thatalternative been a has effaced, much to the detriment the urbanslum of dwellerand to Americaas a whole. The reason: pornography. New York, wherethe productions In of George Cohan M. usedto capture everytheatre on Broadway, the very same theatres have become triple-X arcades. Pornography dominates magathe zine industry, floods moviehouses, and, for those fortunate enough have cable, comes TV. We to it on wonder why crime is astronomical, why violent crime and sexual assaults continue rise, to why out largest criminal class made ofjuveniles. not is up Its tougheconomic times. Crimerates duringthe Great Depression represent Eden compared the curan to rent statistics. because music, literature, Itis our our and our film seemsto haveno othermission but to shock our sensibilities, glorify depravity, our and break downtaboos. Thisis the newdefinition art; of andart is didactic--it teaches lessons. TaxiDriver taughtJohnHinckley lesson. a Alexander Solzhenitsyn told us how pornohas graphylowers the worlds viewof America. once We exported filmslike:The Best Yearso[ Our Lives, GoingMy Way, Its a Wonder]ul Li[e,She Wore a YellowRibbon, and The Prideof the Yankees. Now we export filmslike:Porkys, Animal House, in Up Smoke, Making Love, The Blue Lagoon, Deep Throat,Tarzanthe Ape Man, and Fridaythe Thirteenth. Indeed, whenthe Russians directed Polthe ish Armyto impose martial law in Poland the American movie playing in Polish moviehouseswas ApocalypseNow. The irony is almost too much. The leader the freeworldflagellating of itself in front people of suffering oppression civilireal from zationsanathema.When the Nazis marchedinto France the French people cheered the American movie playing their in theatres--Mr. SmithGoe.~ to Washington. Poles had no such option. The Anyintelligent, civilized person see thatporcan nographyis a horror--degrading humanityand to clogging our modesof discourse. then does it Why exist?Who couldpossibly supportsuch a thing? Meet the Playboy Philosopher. Youve seenhim.Hestheone thatapproaches the magazine rack looking over his shoulder. Hes the one with thosesophisticated progressive and opinionsthatwe closed minded prudes cant tolerate. A sampling: 1) "Hey,thatsnot pornography. Thats the way life is." 2) "Im pro-choice when it comesto abortion. Theresnothing like a pregnancy ruin a girls to shape." 3) "I supportthe ERA. Hugh Heiner does. If youre going getgirls posenudeforyou,youve to to got to makeconcessions." These are the men that keep the masturbation industry thriving; their and numbers arent limited to theyoung. There lotsof swinging are oldsters too. Contraception across cuts all generation gaps.Consequently, oldermen are no longersatisfied with their wives. The natural processes age andmatuof ration, natural the fading awayof early marital concupiscence, to thema horrible is scheme, doubt no propogated that villainof all villains, by the policemanof the bedroom,the Moral Majority. Womenare upsetbecausethanksto contraception and the gospel according Penthouse show of to any warmth, tenderness, affection theirpart is or on taken thelibidinous as an invitation ride. by male to Pornography has dehumanized human relations. Pornography makessex a consumer item.As C.S. Lewis pointed out,if you wentto a foreign country wherethe peoplewere not starvingand yet they flocked burlesque to houses where foodwas unveiled you would thinkthat their appetites been perhad verted. Well, haveoursexual so appetites. is no Sex longer linked procreation eventhe spiritual to or bonding husband wife.Sex todayis supposed of and to be nothing fun.Theresult thatone hallo[ but is all marriages in divorce, third allpregend one of nancies in abortion, men who are otherwise end and tightfisted their with moneylay downfivebucks or

Kabul Corral, Afghanistan:Two years after Brother Brezhnev launched his peacecrusade into Afghanistan, Moscow continuesbanningwestern reporters thefun.Butinternal from sources indicate thatthe Soviets shooting are each otherwithreal bullets--thus usurping freedom-fighter responsibilities.A Communist Partypower struggle resulted in a gm~fight the Presidential at palace Kabul in leavingeight dead.

Whatsworsethan a Presidents lavishvacation schedule? Give up? Paying some bonehead at Newsweek complain to aboutit.

The new indicator owns primeoffice spacein the StudentCenter, receives funding from the University (through you and me), and has a paid staff, (ReggieWilliams, the collectives man band one makes nearly $6.00 an hour). Cali]ornia Review receives University no funding, operates a comon pletely volunteer basis, and hasno office space. We dont call up our competitions advertisers and threaten boycotts either.Maybethatswhy were called elitist.

so to watch the latest raping in techniques. It usedto be saidthatthe hush-hush sexual moralityof theVictorians to allsorts psychological led of problems. Our open morality has not made us any lesssexobsessed, rather hasmadeusmore It but it so. has madelusta partof thenational character. No doubt, someday soon, the Playboy Philosopherwill developthe ultimatein progressive thinking.Unhappy with the wife who wishes he wouldgrow up, alienated from his children are who disgustedwith him, unable to find enough one night stands free from VD, and uncomfortable (though wontadmitit) with the homosexuals, he coprophiliacs, necrophiliacs, he helped and who legitimize his sex-is-nothing-but-fun with lifestyle, thePlayboy Philosopher turnto thegreatest will fun of all, one with no responsibilities no human and beingsto worryabout--pantheonized onanism.

Behind Seminary Doors

By Jeffrey Hart

Campaignpromisescan come true. Today most Argentines millionaires--indeed, are multimillionaires-just ColonelJuan DomingoPeron proas phesied whenhe rose to powerin the 1940s. Thanks to an average inflation of140percent, million rate a pesosare exchangeable $43.00in the United for States.

Stephen Jobsof LosGatos P. madeit to thisyears Forbes FourHundred list.In 1976,~he 27-year-old collegedropout saw potential personal in computers. soldhis belongings, He movedintoa garage, and now owns 13.6% AppleInc.shares, of valued at about$100 million. course,as RobertLekachOf manwilltellyou,theres opportunity America. no in

The World Peace Council,one of those groups agitating a nuclear for freeze, scheduled next has its meeting Afghanistan. President the WPC, in The of Romesh Chandra,a former member of the central committee the Communist of Partyin India,has the following maximfor his followers: "People ask me, You are a peacemovement. do you support Why the armedstruggles Nicaragua, in Palestine, Vietnam? AndI reply, Thearmed struggle these in countries is the peacemovement."

Aftertwo men were marriedto each otherin a county Colorado. localcowboytriedto get a in a license marry to his mare. izi ant actof specieist arrogance, county the clerk denied the request even though there is no law prohibiting man from a marrying horse. his

A lot of people seemto think thattheonlymorality worth having these daysis no morality. Cali[ornia Review disagrees. Thereis rightand thereis wrongand everyone free to choose is for himself. Lifeis noteasy, the wrong but choice willmakelife moredifficult oneself forothers. for and

Many of you gaggedat Ms. Fondas exercise book, but now you can try one of the Jane FondaWorkout salons popping around up the state.But Jane isnt just shakingthe flab--shes pouring$30,000a month into hubby Tom "ChicagoSeven" Haydens Campaign for Economic Democracy (CED) group in SantaMonica, hopefully boosting chances his in the race for state assemblyman the 44thdistrict in thisfall. Trashed the76raceforthe Democratic in Senatenomination, Tommyis puttinghis socialist ideals intopractice trying buytheelection. by to Is JaneFondas bodyall thatgreat? Itsofficial. number The one armsmerchant the in world the Soviet is Union. Little attention given was to thisnewsby the peace front, but somepeople are getting fed-up withthebetter redthandeadset.An American correspondent Londonaskeda gregarin iouspeacenik America why catches the flack. all The response? "Because Russians the wontlisten."

One would expect UCSDsWelcomeWeek to be a timewhen students are taught how to use the campus libraries how to read a book.Not so. The and University offering was suchscintillating divertissements as "COLLEGE AND FREEDOM: MAKING CHOICES ABOUT SEX. Men and women are invited a wide-ranging to discussion aboutmeeting and choosing partners, sex alternative sexual lifestyles, and sexual decision-making within relationships." Not to mention "HOPE IS NOT A METHOD", birthcontrol a seminar. weregoing If to be open,we shouldstop calling ourselves the University California SanDiego of at andstart callingourselves University California Sin the of for and Debauchery.

During recent a Padres telecast egregious the Dave Campbell identified Padreorganists the rendition of Wagners "Rideof the Valkyries" "music as from somesurfing movie. sounds It likethe introduction to "Ben-Hut." Hang a star on thatone.

I HAVE A DREAM DEPARTMENT: The forces of integration continued theirstruggle during Welcome Week, too. Featuredwas the Asian Student Orientation, Black StudentOrientation, Black CommunityGet-together, Black Students Science Organization Orientation, BlackStudents and Union Dance.

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Joseph"Jo-Jo"Giorgianni the 565-pound asthmaticandsex offender was released who fromprison because his celldid not haveair conditioning was reincarcerated afterhe was seen treating himself with cigarswhilein a casino. Mr. Giorgianni is serving timefor therapeof a 14-year-old girl. He claimed that therewas nothing wrongwith what he didandthatif he hadnotbeenfatandItalian one no wouldhave cared. Unfortunately, neither the neu, indicator nor the ACLU were available defend to thisvictim weightism racism. of and

TheweekthattheSoviets accused Israelis the of committinga genocidein Lebanonwas the wry same week that the Sovietsmassacred every man, woman, and child sixvillages theI.ogar in of provinte Afghanistan. than2,000 in More civilians were killed.

As everyone knows, college faculties politiare cally kinky, a recent but survey thepolitical of attitudesof thosewho teach Americas future ministers andpriests nevertheless as a bitof a shock. came The peculiar political behavior academics of has been documented again and again. In theirstudy the 1972election, example, of for Everett CarllLadd and Seymour MartinLipsettell us that, despite Nixons landslide defeat McGovof ern in the nationat large,McGovern carriedthe professors 56 to 43 percent, contrary by a landslide. But thosefigures dontbeginto tellthe story. HWC Ill According to Ladd and Lipset, McGovern was backed "by three-fourths faculty the liberal of in socialsciences, sevenin 10 amonghumanists-by butby onlyhalfof the natural scientists a third and of the faculty business at schools. Further, McGovernwasthechoice 70percentofthefaculty elite of at institutions compared as withlessthanhalfat lower tier institutions." I suppose this shouldhave prepared for the us results a new poll conducted Roper of by and focusing on professors Christian at seminaries theoand logical schools throughout country. the Hold yourbreath. Ninety-two cent of Episcoper palian faculty believe United the States spends too much on its military. Only27 per centof the same group believes United the States a force goodin is for the world. Other denominationsshow the same split, though a marginally to lesser degree. Eighty-five cent of the Catholic per professors believe the UnitedStates"treats the ThirdWorld unfairly." Seventy-five centof theEpiscopalians per believe "repressive regimes backed theUnited by States" are a greater problem the worldtodaythan "Cornin monist expansion." In ranges varying from one-quarter one-third, to thetheology faculties believe there should a "top be The CaseAgainst Dope limiton incomes that no one can earn very much so morethan others." Abouthalf of the Episcopalian, We all know aboutthe reports that link mariMethodist, Lutheran and Catholic faculties believe juana smokingwith lung cancer,brain damage, that "the UnitedStateswouldbe betteroff if it lowered spermcounts, nauseum. ad Peoplewho are movedtowardsocialism." not already convinced that marijuana unhealthy is More thanhalf of thosefaculties disagreed with and who clingdumbly the politically to motivated the statement that"economic growth a better is way counter studies pro-marijuana of groupswillnever to improve the lot of the poor than distributing be convinced sucha tack. by Theyarealready intelexisting wealth." lectual chattels the drug.I would of like to try a According to Mr. Ladd, mentioned above, who different approach. would I liketo attack marijuana headed thissurvey, political the attitudes those of on aesthetic grounds. theologians closely resemble thoseof the general Marijuana retains glamor the sixties the of counhumanities facuhy. terctthure that fannedit. Thougheverydormster These pollresults, theyare muchmore extenand smokes itisstill it, supposed beanactofrebellion. to sive than can be indicated a column, in were pubBeing dopesmoker an actof conformity; any a is and lished a new and-pryuseful in magazine called This college student still age who feels has to rebel he World,whichfocuses the relationship on between against his parents has obviously grownup at not Christianity issues politics economics. and of and all. My own impression, based on an admittedly The marijuana cigarette a decidedly is wimpish sample, thatthegapbetween is faculty politexcuse a fag.It looks for likesomekindergardeners limited ical attitudes those thegeneral and of public actuis papermacheversion a condom. is neither of It a ally widening. manly cigarette a feminine nor one.It lacks phalliThe country movedto the rightwiththe election cismandit is certainly graceful. alsostinks. not It of Reagan, the pollsshowrightward and trends a on The sickly sweet smell marijuana notthe scent of is whole range issues. of that makeswomenimpatient theirmen to come for In consequence,McGovernite opinion on the home from the sea. Marijuana smokers have a tencampus feels itself a condition siege. fears in of It the dency to drool,and combined with theirheavily lossof the "gains" madeduring it the60s--reverse veinedeyes and droopyeyelids, they rarelylook discrimination, trendy ethnic and feminist programs, suave. ecological stuff. Lastly, this era when no one wantsto make a in McGovernite access government all levels to at is commitment to another human being or to our being choked off.The moodof the faculty leftists is nationone wonders why youngpeopleare so eager hardening turning and bitter. to giveup their liberty thegaolof drugs. for During King Frature~ Nvndlcate the VietnamWar it was the policy of the North Vietnamese government smuggledope to Amerito can servicemen to the United and States. Theirpurpose was two-fold.One, they used the money to Je]]rey Hartis a prolessor Dartmouth at College, an support Viet Cong.Two,they believed would the it editoro] National Review, and an author. His most help to weakenAmericas will.The NorthVietnarecentbook is When the Going Was Good: Amerimese remembered how opium had made China a canLife theFifties. in patsy for the imperialpowers.Today the drug market controlled organized is by crimeand Fidel Castro (who usesthe money supplement eight to his million dollar day allowance a from the Soviets). Doestodays dopesmoker really wantto tie himself tothathistorical, economic, political and tradition? Subscribe California to Review

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Norman Podhoretzs thesis really is not so shockrag. He says the war in Viemam was beyond our military, political, intellectual, moral and capabilities, thattheargument theanti-war that but of left what Americawas doingwas immoralwas blatantly wrongthenantiis manifestly wrong today. For this he has been excoriated, defamed, and chastized by those whothinktheydidmankind great a service by getting tnited the States ont of Viemam. One can St( why they mightbe worried. Never havetraitors beenso freehonlimpunity. Fonda Jane is rolling filthy in capitalist dollars. Hayden Tom is a su(cessfu] politician, and Ramsey(:larkis [)emocratic ambassador-at-large. Foryears now,leftists have looked down on Americaas that sininfested land mass whosepeople have finally been chastened humiliation guih. by and Among thischoi(c collection highly of articulate Bozos, Po(lhoretz zeroesin especially Frances on FitzGerald, Mary McCarthy, and SusanSontag.Ms. Sontagcomments the "moral on beautyof the Viet-

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namese" who she thinks are treating downedAmericanpilots likeindulgent nannies. explains She away the pictures Stalin NorthViemam an examof in as ple of the NorthVietnamese abhorrence waste. of Pictures are [or hanging, you know.Ms. McCarthy marvelsat how clean NorthViemamis and at how puerile American the P.O.W.s compared their are to dashing captors, (one of whom reminds her of PrinceAndreiin War and Peace.)Ms. Fitzgerald congratulates North the Vietnamese theirability on torelease "aggression a creative as force." examFor pie,"TheNLF generally proscribed torture pre-" and ferret, bullet any other the to meansof dispensing death." Hully gee! The liberal|olliesare almostinnumerable. A group theologians, sainted Martin of the Dr. Luther King amongthem, condemnAmericafor its policy of moving civilians of combat out zones! Unableto conreup with a reason for Americas "imperialism" in South Vietnam, (SouthViemamwas of no value to the IrniledStates for raw materials from a or

strategic point view), of Americas critics decided that the United States had a psychological to need dominate others. Much,as I suppose, had a need we to dominate Europewith the Marshall Plan.Loonies likeHans J. Morgenthau, (who was an anti-war "moderate"), accused UnitedStates committhe of ling a genocide Viemam. in Amazingly, despite the genocide, population South the of Vietnam increased by 3.83 million and of NorthVietnam 3.99 milby lionduring the war. Podhoretz gives attention the infamous to gaffes of the press, too.The TetOffensive 1968, of which was playedup as an American disaster, one of was thegreatest American victories thewar.It deciof matedtheViet Cong, proved thatthe South Vietnamese peopledid not supportthe Communists, and led to an increased seriousness resolve the and on partof the South Vietnamese military. siege The of Khe Sahn,whichwas turned into another Dien Bien Phu,was actually sidelight the Tet Offensive, a of and incidentally, another Communist debacle. The

Christmastx)mbingof 1972, which scrupulously avoided civilian targets arid inflicted only minor civilian casualties, blownup into a replay was of Hiroshima. Can the anti-war movement excused be because it didnt understand truecolors theNorth the of Vietnamese Communists? No. When Viemam was partitioned in 1954 one millionVietnamese fled the North. The Communist government murdered 50,000 tire of remaining landlords. the"YetOffenIn sive,duringtheir brief occupation Hue, the of Communists executed 3,000civilians. evidence The was there, but too manyjournalists, Harrison like Salisbury, reliedon North Viemamese propaganda [ortheir information. The perceptions the anti-war of movenrent have, unfortunately, intothe national sunk psy(he. Jimmy Carter spokeof our overcoming "inordinate an fear of Communism." took the bloodbathin IndoIt china, furtherance Soviet the of influence Africa in and LatinAmerica, the invasion Afghanistan and of

to reawakena properawarenesso[ Communismin Jimmy Carter.The men and women who forced us out of Vietnam, (including dovishCongress the of 1975 whi(h refused even sell spare partsand to ammunitionto the imperiledSouth Viemamese), should bear burden guilt therealtragedy the of for of the VietnamWar. Ronald Reagan was right. The men who fought to save Vietnam from Communism were partof a noble cause. Thesame cannot said be fi)r those ledus out. who Norman Podhoretzs thesis thatour being Vietin nalnwas an act of imprudent idealism seems, me, to correct. We Were in Vietnam a fine,compact Why is history the waranda scholarly of dissection the o~" anti-war move~nenl. Mostimportantly, setsup a it new and more accurate agendafor any discussion of ourrolein Vietnam and,therefore, ourrolein the of worhl.

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Dr. Milton Friedman. the winner o] the Nobel Prize[or Economics 1976,is one academic in whose proseand logicis pellucid and ]ree o] ivy. The l author Freeto Choose the charismatic o] o] and host the PBS television serieso/thesame name (which has been seen in England,Australia, Holland, Japan,and Singapore), is currently Senior he a Research Fellow the HooverInstitution, Paul at a Snowden Russell Distinguished Service Prolessor o] Economics the University Chicago, member at o] a o[ the research stall[or National the Bureau Ecoo] nomicResearch, and a columnist and contributing editoro] Newsweek. Somewhere his busy schein dulehe ]oundtime to converse with CRs Business Manager,C. BrandonCrocker,about the current state theeconomy. of Their spirited discussion [ollows]orthwith. negative incometax and go to work.On the other hand, lower taxrate, the the thelower fraction, the themore incentive is fora family getoff. there to Bl,t you have to strikea balance between thosetwo. I havein general tendedto propose that we use the present tax amount no for the personal income tax, although hasten add thatthatshould I to really be raised, useas the negative and income 50%of the tax amountbelowthe personal exemption. that way In every individual wouldhavea verystrong incentive to getoff thenegative income because every tax for dollar earns would least to keep50 cents he he at get of it, whereas under present welfare arrangements it is very often case the thatifhe goes andearns out an extra dollar loses whole he the dollar evenmorein or the formof a special welfare payment. addition, In we nowhavea collection a widevariety differof of ent measures whichoverlapbut whichsome people can benefitvery much from and some peopledont get.Suchmeasures Aid to Families as withDependent Children, SSI, food stamps, Medicaid, you and can go downthe list. Thenegative income taxwould lumpallof those together say"ifwere and going to helpthe poor,lets help themby giving them cash which theycanspend accordance their in with likes and lets get ridof the tremendous bureaucracy that weve built to administer specific up these programs." CR: Thereis a lot of talk in Washington about implementing a flatratetaxsystem. FRIEDMAN:There is more talk than there is action. of thetalkisan attempt people use Most by to therhetoric theflat toconceal of tax business the at same old stead.I have long been in favorof an honest-to-god rate flat tax. honest-to-god rate An flat tax would one whichlevied single be a rateon all income,from whatever source,in excessof some personal exemption, same type of thingI was the talking about thelastquestion. on Under sucha tax, in my opinion, you couldraisethe same amount of revenue that is now beingraised the income by tax with a relatively low rate underwhich everyone would benefit. thatisntwhatmostof the talk But about flat the ratetaxcurrently People calling is. are things flatratetax which a involve fairly sharply graduated ratesand more important, whichdo not get rid of the deductions which now reduce so sharply the base of the personal incometax. What youneedto do is to eliminate thecomplexities all of the personal income tax and havea form thatcan be on one piece paper which of in yousimply listtotal income.You take nothing but a personal exemption and strict occupational expenses thenyou apply. and a single ratetothebalance. There a fewproposals are forthatkindof a thing. of my colleagues the Two at HooverInstitution, Hall and AlvinRabushka, Bob have beendevising verydetailed a planalongthese lines which theyareshortly going publish the to in form of a book, and I believe there one group is in Congress whichis trying push that. to But mostof thetalkyouheararound Washington really fake. is a CR: Another plan that you have been backing for sometime, tuition credits, being tax is currently considered. Why do you support vouchersystem? a FRIEDMAN: supportthe vouchersystembecause I there no respect which is in the poorpeople our of country, shouldnt the poorpeople, impeI say the cuniouspeople,the disadvantaged peopleof this country, thereis no respect whichthey are so in disadvantagedwithrespect the kindof schoolas to ing their children get.Those us in themiddle can of and upperincomegroupshave at leastsome choice of which schools children to.If we donotlike our go thepublic schools thaiareavailable then) (an for we affordto pay twice--once the form of taxesto in support the publicscbool and once to pay for the tuition theprivate of school ourchoice. disof The advantaged families livein the slums ourbig who of cities unfortunately no suchchoice. have Theyhaw, to send theirchildren the localpublic to school. Those local public schc~)is disgraceful. art" are They not educational institutions. very,very many In cases theyareinstitutionsconfinement of whose real fu,ction tokee thekids thestreet. people is l) off The who would benefit most from a thorough going voucher systemwouldbe the peoplein such areas. For the first timethe parents thoseareas in would havean effective freedom choice to whereto of as sendtheir children. of themhavebeenstriving Many desperatelygetbetter to schooling their for children.

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on it, We havea biaswith respect any specific to spendingmeasurein that small groups tend to benefit greatdealand the costsare spread a very thinly. small The group thatbenefits lobbies it. for The largegroupthatwillpay for it does not know about and doesnot lobby it against Whenyouadd it. the separate pieces together get a total you thatis larger thanthepublic large their at or representatives would voteforif theyreally an effective had voteon thetotal. believe thekindof balanced I that budget, tax limitation measure, that was recently passed theSenate theonlydevice by is that knowof I that a ghost a chance correcting politihas of of that caldefect. CR: Many economistsbelievein the Phillips Curveandpointto the current fight against inflationas evidence itsvalidity. you believe of Do that unemployment inflation inversely and are related? FRIEDMAN: Thats not a question to be answered witha yes or a no. It depends whatperiod on you havein mind.Thereis no relationship between a continuing levelof inflation and the levelof unemployment. the other On hand, thereis a transitional effect. youmovefromrelatively inflaIf low tion relatively inflation, initial to high the effect will be to reduce unemployment. ultimate The effect will. verylikely to increase Similarly, you move be it. if fromhighinflation relatively inflation, to low the initialeffectwill be to increase unemployment ahhough ultimate the effect willbe to reduce Most it. of the difficulties monetary with policy and other policies arise because often short very the term effects arein onedirection thelongtermeffects in and are theoptx, sitedirection. Politicians to be very, tend very shortsighted they tend to over emphasize and the shortterm effectsand ignorethe long term effects. There no longtermPhillips is Curve, my in opinion, there verydefinitely but is a curve relating changes the levelof inflation the levelof in to unemployment. CR: Willthe recent $98 billion tax package narrowfuture deficits result lower and in interest rates? FRIEDMAN: No. I do not approve and did not approve thatrecent increase.think of tax I that President Reagan right January hisState the was in in of Unionmessage whenhe said thatraising taxeswill notreduce the deficit, willsimply but increase the amount thatCongress spends. believe I thatwastrue morerecently. Interest ratesare not veryclosely related short to termups and downs the deficit. in Long terminterest ratesdo dependon the prospect ofdeficits thenext over four five or years, I donot but believe thatthetax increase affected significantly those prospects. CR: Well,why do you thinkWallStreet has acted so favorably thetax package? to FRIEDMAN:It hasnt. You happenedto have a chancecoincidence. Wall Street What actedfavorablyto wasthesharp decline interest in rates the and pronouncements two of its leadinggurusthat of theyhad reversed their former predictions were and now predicting lower interest ratesfor thefuture, ratherthan higher ones.If you look at the exact timing, willseethatthebigjumpon WallStreet you came beforethe tax measurewas passedand while there was stillenormousuncertainty whetherit would be passed. So I believe that was pure coincidence. CR:Haveweseentheworst interest in rates will or future government borrowingpush them back up? FRIEDMAN: You are making a standardmistake. Government I~rrowing can go up in the futureand still interest rates cancomedown. Theres thai not kind of mechanical one-to-one connection between the two.Whether haveseenthe worst interest we in rates depends something different. depends on very It on whether rate of monetary the growth goingto is staywhere is or go down. overthelonger it If period the rateof monetary growth doeswhatit hasdoneso many times before,and aftercomingdown speeds up,then havenotyetseen worst theinterest we the of rates. Nobody can really makeany firm predictions about interest rates anylongperiod time. for of CR: Do you thinkthe recession bottomed has out? FRIEDMAN: Well,I shouldnt no. I think No. say thattherecession humping is along the bottom, but I dont think weve had a definite upturn. CR: Do you thinkthe recovery will be moderate? FRIEDMAN: That depends. dontbelieve I thats

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in the picture. Thatdepends whatpolicy folon is lowed the Federal by Reserve and whatpolicies are followed Washington. 1 dont in So, believe anybody cansay.I would notbe surprised seetherecovery to be extremely vigorous we havetheright if pattern of monetaryand fiscalpolicies.There is nothing wrongwith the American economy that some sensiblegovernment policies wont solve. CR: How aboutdoubledigitinflation? ttas it been "wrung out" of the economy? FRIEDMAN:That depends.Inflation dependson monetary growth. the Federal If Reserve returns to doubledigitmonetary growththen wellhave double digitinflation. the Federal If Reserve keeps monetary growthroughly whereit is now, or at a lower level, thenwe willnot.If it keeps roughly it where is nowthenwe willsettle it downat about 8% inflation. orderto wringinflation of the In out economy youvegot to have lowermonetary growth thanwe do now.Letme qualify thatlaststatement. So far as inflation concerned, depends moneis it on tarygrowth oversomething likea two yearperiod. When speaking about the need for lowermonetary growth, speaking the average Im of overthelasttwo years. the pastsixmonths, For fromJanuary July to 1982,monetary growth had beenmuch too low.Its been at the rateof 2.3%.Thatis why the putative recovery aborted whywe arestill a receswas and in ~_on thatwillnotclear forawhile. I am not up So talkingaboutmonetarygrowthrates lower than weve had overthe past six months; lower but than theaverage weve overthe lasttwoyears. had CR: It looks though as something going have is to to be doneif theSocial Security System to remain is solvent. What actions wouldyou suggest? FRIEDMAN: Well,Ive longbeen in favor, you as may know from my writings,of abolishingthe Social Security System. CR: Right. FRIEDMAN: I dont But believe thatthats the in realm political of feasibility, though would even it behighly desirable, my opinion, letpeople in to take careof their own retirement, their keep owntaxes, and provide for theirown future. the meantime In there willbe band-aids willbe usedto patch that up thepresent Social Security System. Whatthespecific band-aids be, Imin no position predict. will to CR: What is the course of action the Reagan administration shouldtake to bringthe economy back life? to FRIEDMAN: If you ask that question youre going getthewrong to answer. is notthebusiness It (continued next page)

CR: Manypeoplehavedescribed actions the taken by the Federal Reserve over the past few yearsas monetarist, youhavebeencriticizing Fedfor yet the not following monetarist a policy. Why wouldyou notcallrecent Fed policy monetarist? FRIEDMAN: Because essential an featureof what I and mostother monetarists regard a monetarist as policy steadyness predictability rateof is and in the monetary growth. The Federal Reserves policyhas been monetarist rhetoric, it has not been in but monetarist practice. has been monetarist in It in rhetoric because hasstated it that objective to its is achieve monetary targets, it hasnot beenmonetbut arist practice in because monetary growth in fact has fluctuated morewidely since October 1979, whenthe Fed adoptednew procedures, than it had in any similar period. CR: Do you haveany reason believe to thattheFed willtryto keepthemoney supply morestable the in future? FRIEDMAN: haveno doubttheywill try.I think I theyhavebeentrying. problem not withtheir The is will, itsnotwithwhattheyd liketo achieve, its with the bureaucratic inertia that has kept them from making the changes theiroperating in procedures that required order achieve objecare in to that tive. Theyhaveat longlastannounced theyare that going makethefirst those to of changes which the is replacement lag reserve of requirements contemby poraneous reserve requirements. That is a change that some of us have been urgingon the Federal Reserve eversince 1970. CR: Withall thetalkaround aboutwelfare reform and cutting wasteful spending, wouldyou outline yourideafor a negative income tax? FRIEDMAN:I would be glad to. Incidentally, however, wantto disagree I withthewording your of question.What we want to do is cut government spending period. The wordwasteful not a meanis ingful term.One manswaste not another is mans. Wastedepends the objective havein view. oil you I believe thattotalgovernment spending much too is large. a fraction our income should cut As of it be sharply. it is truethat a majorsource the Now of growth government in spending be,:nan increase has in transfer payments, is to say,in payments that to someindividuals financed taxes by uponotherindividuals.The problemis how you move from that situation the placewedlike to be. You cannot to suddenly, overnight, discontinue wholeset of the transfer payments. have,throughgovernment, We essentially made somemillions families of dependenton those payments their for livelihood. canYou not suddenly cut that off anti throwthem in the streets. have proposed I that we try to make the transition replacing present by the collection of transferprograms the negative by incometax. A negative income is simply tax whatitsnameimplies. Underthe present income tax thereis a breakewn point,an exemption amount. you earn less than If thatyou payno tax.I[ you earnmorethanthatyou pay a tax on the difference between yourincome and thatpersonal exemption, no tax amount. the that If no tax amount is $6,000 for a family and your incomeis $10,000you pay a tax on $4,000.The negative income tax simply reverses thatbelowthe same breakevenpoint.I1 the breakevenI~)intis $6,000 a family an income $2,000 would and has of it receive payments fraction the difference in a of of $4,000. higher fraction, better family, The the the the but thelessincentive thefamily getoff the for to

Thatis why Catholic parochial schools particuin lar, have seen a greatincrease the numberof in students coming them from suchslum families. to A voucherscheme would really broadenthat enormously.It wouldenablea marketsystemto go to workto provide schools every of kindand variety for people throughout country, in particular the but for the disadvantaged people thoseslums.I know of in no other wayin which thedisgraceful results our of so-called publiceducation be corrected. a can And thorough goingvoucherschememay or may not be thesamething tuition credits. oneconsiders as tax If ita little, willdiscover onekindoftuition one that credit, in which credit onehandis limited one the on and,on the other hand, transferable, be devised can whichwill be essentially identical a thorough to goingvoucherschemeexcept for the name.That is the kindof tuition credit scheme thatI would really support. CR: You supported the tax cuts of 1981 but for reasons other thanthe Laffer Curve... FRIEDMAN: supportthe tax cut of 1981.I do l notsupport tax cutof 1981for the reasons the that manysupply-siders offered itsbehalf. favor have on I it,as I have a longtime, for before wordsupplythe sider cameinto lexicon, the because believe I there is no way in which you can cut government spending exceptby cuttingthe amountof tax receipts the government to spend. has Therefore, havebeen in I favor cutting of taxes anytime, anyway,on any at in excuse. Thatsthe only effective of bringing way pressure cutdownthesizeof government. not to I do believe, did not in 1981 believe, and that cutting taxesacross-the-board increase would totalrevenue and make it unnecessary cut spending. I had to If thought thatwould thecase, would be I havefavored a stilllarger tax cutbecause purpose to cut my is government receipts. Thereare some kindsof tax cuts, for example cutting top rates the perthe of sonal income tax,reduction capital in gains tax,and so on, whichdo havethe effect generating of more revenue. a broad But scale, across-the-boardcut tax is notlikely generate revenue. to more Moreover,do I not believe would you get an instantaneous effect on effort investment anyofthose or or things. think I it is regrettable thatsome of the supply-siders, who hada very goodcase sell, to oversold their case in and the process, someextent, to discredited themselves. CR: Well, whatdo you think supply-side of theory in general? FRIEDMAN: There is nothingnew about supplysidetheory except itsname.Itssimple, ordinary, economics. Economists have arguedfor hundreds of years thatif people get paidmoreto do something, theyarelikely do moreof thatthing. theyget to If paidlessfor doing something, arelikely do they to lessof thatthing. youcharge If moreforsomething, people willbuyless. you charge If less, people will buy more.Thatssimple,straight-forward, ordinary, economic analysis. Whatis called supply-side economics simplythe application that to a is of specific situation. Namely, youimpose heavy if a tax on work,people are likely work lessbecause to it reduces return work. yougivea subsidy the of If to leisure, people likely takemore are to leisure. of All thatis correct. I am verymucha supply-sider So in thesense havealways I beena supply-sider before the name was invented. CR: Youve alsobeena longtimesupporter the of Balanced Budget Amendment. Why do you think thatits adoption important? is FRIEDMAN: have not been a long time supporI ter of a balanced budget amendment. CR: Oh. FRIEDMAN: have been a long time supporter I of a spending limitation amendment. Now,the present amendmentwhich is under the name of the Balanced Budget Amendment is a combinationof a balancedbudgetand spendinglimitation amendmentandthatis whyit is the first balanced budget amendment haveenthusiastically I supported. is a It very sophisticated and subtle amendmentand I think would enormously it be effective. reason The I am in favor an amendment limit of to spending for is the samereason haveindicated, believe ! i thatwe have a bias in our political structure underwhich Congress, by voting on each spending measure separately, tends spend greater to a amount total in thanthepublic large at would favor it could if vote

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of the Reagan Administration,of any administraor tion,to bringthe economy back to life.It is the business the Administration followa stable of to policywhichpeoplecan counton, and in termsof which the individualentrepreneurs around the country, individual the workers, individual the savers,the individual investors usetheir can resources mosteffectively, whichwill not bringthe economy backto life,but whichwillenablethe economy to perform way it should the perform. From thatpoint of view,what the ReaganAdministration needsto do is to continue with the four pointprogram that was theessence President of Reagans economic policy during the campaign, whichhe has triedto and followsince.Numberone, cut tax rates.Two, cut government spending. Three, reduce eliminate or as much regulation possible. as And four,promotea steady rate of monetary growth around slowly a declining trend. Those the fourbasic are steps thatare necessary. should taken They be syste,naticallv, consistently, and the government shouldnot deviate fromthose for shortrun considerations order in to givea little to theeconomy or a jagdown. jag up CR: How wouldyou rate President Reagans performance economic on matters far? st) FRIEDMAN: The problemis that a President has a great deal influence nota great of but deal power. of In those areas where hashadpower, think lie I PresidentReagan has,on the whole, doneextremely well. His immediate action eliminating of pricecontrols on oilwas verywelltaken. proposals cutting His for taxes wereverydesirable. on the whole, would So, I rate what President Reaganhimself has done very high. The one point tan which lve been disappointed withhimwas hisrecent sttpport the tax of increase. However, what has actually happened has notbeentheresult President of Reagan alone, of but President Reagan, the Federal Reserve Board,and the Congress. combined The activities these of three groupsdoes not deservea very high rating.The Federal Reserve, my opinion, in has behavedvery badly,indeed.It has produced the most erratic monetary policy the past fiftyyears.And that of erratic monetary policy produced has erratic interest rates and an erratic economy. Manyof theshort term difficulties which economy in the finds itself derive from this.The Congress has similarly really not cooperated way one wouldhave hopedit would. the It did pass the tax measure that President Reagan recommended, it addedontoit a lot of elements but

thathe didnt recommend. hasnot beenwilling It to come to grips with the major problemof Social Security. has not really It donean effective of job cutting government spending. I think So you haveto givethecollection government of agencies sortof a a mixedverdict. However, that may be too negative, because therehas been a tremendous changein the whole toneof the discussion. cannot You conceive of a recession like the one wevebeen goingthrough five or ten yearsago without therehavingbeen a spateof billsin Congress spendmore moneyon to employment creating measures, assistance one on of kind or another, all sortsof pump priming bills. Youhavehadnoneof thatthis time. isveryhardto It recognize unusual is thatin the middle a how it of recession majorconcern the Congress the of should be howto cutdownthedeficits. is a realreverThat sal.I think right to lookatthesituation the way now is thatwe are moving froma trend one direction, in whichhas lastedsome fiftyyears,a trendtoward bigger and biggergovernment, higherand higher spending, higher and highertaxes, and more and moreinflation. we are in the process reversAnd of ing that and movingtowarda periodin which we will cut down the size of government, whichwe in willreduce taxes, in which will, hope, and we I bring inflation down.Its a transition period.In the movement fromone trendto the otheryou inevitably havea period great of instability uncertainty, and and thatswhat wevebeen goingthrough. CR: Do you thinkembargoes the SovietUnion of are counterproductive? FRIEDMAN: Yes. CR: What aboutthe gas pipeline and grain? FRIEDMAN: I think that we ought nought to provideany governmental subsidyto the Soviet Unionor to any company that dealswith the Soviet Union,as we oughtnot to any companythat deals withanybody. I do notthink But thatit is productive for us to engagein economic embargoes. This has nothing do with my desire do whatever can to to we to penalize Soviet the Union. has to do withthe It very clearrecord history of that embargoes simply dont work. recommend yourreaders I to thattheygo back and studywhat happened the firstembargo to this countryimposedwhichwas by ThomasJeffersonin 1808. CR: You havewritten that "The gainsthatstrong unionswin for theirmembersare primarily the at expenseof other workers".Would you expand on

that? FRIEDMAN: you raise the price of anything, If youselllessof it.If unions raise price their the of labor, therewill be fewerpeople employed that in activity. The peoplewho are not employed that in activity willtry to get jobs somewhere else.Where can theyget jobs? Only by competing with people in otherareasand other occupations. Thats with peoplethatare not in those particular unions. But,in orderto sellmore you have to have a lowerprice. Hence,a unionwhichis successful raising in the wages itsmembers of tends do so by adding the to to supply workers other of for jobs and thereby lowers the wageratein other occupations activities. and CR: Do you agreewithGeorge Gilder thatcapitalists altruists? are FRIEDMAN: No. CR: You take Adam Smithsview of self-interest and the invisible hand. FRIEDMAN:Right. I believein Adam Smith. I dontthinkcapitalists any morealtruists are than government politicians are.I thinkpeople are people.All of us havean enormous capacity recognize to thatwhats goodforus is goodforthe country. CR: You recently had a new book published~ Alonetary Trends the ~ rnited in States thef 7hiand ted Kingdom. FRIEDMAN: Right. CR: Have you any new booksplannedfor the near future? FRIEDMAN: Well, there wont be in the near future. Sometime laterthis year or next year the revised updated and version a collection Newsof of week and other columnsthat was publishedabout fiveor sixyears ago.For reasons which am not too I happy about, cameoutcinder different it two titles. One title was TheresNo Such Thing as a Free Lunch. The othertitlewas An Economists Protest. This time we will correctthat mistakeand well comeout under onlyonetitle. Imnot surewhatthe title itwill yet. of be CR: I have a Milton FriedmanT-shirtfrom the DecaturShop. FRIEDMAN: Ha, ha. CR: Do you have one? FRIEDMAN: Yes indeed. CR: Do you thinkthe drawingdoes you justice? FRIEDMAN: Ha, Ha. Ha, Ha! Youd better ask NormaLipsett, who drewit. Ask her. Im not going to commenton that!

BurkesCase for Conservatism

by SuzanneL. Schott
"People will not lookforward posterity, to who neverlook backward theirancestors," to writes Edmund Burke. "Theidea of inheritance furnishes a sureprinciple conservation a sureprinciple of aud of transmission; without all excludingprinciple at a of i,nprovement...the at onetime, never whole, is old, or middle-aged, yonng,but. in a condition or of unchangeable constancy, moveson through the varied tenor perpetual of decay, fall, renovation, and progression. Thus, by preserving the method of naturein the corduclof the state, in what we improve, we are never wholly new; in what we retain, are never we wholly obsolete." "Conservatisni" defined by Edmund Burke as incorporates a respect tradition, principle for "A of conservation," escapes meaning the word that the of as defined todays by average southern California liberal. Reflections theRevolution France His on in take the form of a letter a youngFrenchman to in 1790.Written prior the French to Revohttion we as think it, theycontain of someof historys earliest arguments for Conservatism. Burkepredicted Francedevzistated radical a bv "h-ee-thinkers"andhe was correct. -Beginning in 179.t. the "Reign Terror" of provided ample confirmation. Perhapsit is not too nnichio inay that todays liberal ideologues heedBurkes will words of wisdombeforethey similarly devastate Anlericas socialtradition. Although Burkewroteas an Englishman, connnon a senseapproach willsufliciently transport caseforconservatism his across Atlanthe tic. Burkeliked Americans whichis saying lot ~ a for an eighteenth centuryEnglish,nan we are -heirs hislegacy. to Burkeargues for the essence moral of tradition: "Nothing more certain, is than that our manners, our civilization, all the goodthings and which are connected withmanners and with civilization have, in this European worldof ours,depended for ages upon two principles; were indeed and the resultof both combined; mean the spiritof a gentleman, I andthespirit religion." of Lestwe forget, spirited European gentlemen from good stock established America. Burke, "not being illuminated a single by ray of thisnew-sprung modern light," properly cherishes a "generous loyalty rank and sex."In his famous to "Queen France" of passage, noblefeminine the figureof Marie Antoinette symbolizes virtue violated by French egalitarianism. "Itis nowsixteen seventeen since sawthe or years I queen France, of thenthedauphiness, Versailles; at and surelyneverlightedin this orb, whichshe hardlyseemedto touch,a more delightful vision ...little I dream did thatI should havelived see to suchdisasters fallen uponherin a nation gallant of met,, a nation menof honour, of cavaliers." in of and But,he laments: "Theunbought grace life, of the cheap defense nations, nurse manly of the of sentimentandheroic enterprise, gonel" is Indeed, radical levelers, even in America, have borne little regard for whatBurke terms"chivalry" -- "that proud submission, dignified that obedience, thatsubordination the heart, of whichkeptalive, even servitude in itself, spirit anexalted the of freedom." "It was this, which, withoutconfounding ranks, had produced nobleequality, handed a and it downthrough the gradations social all of life." Therefore, us preserve let "chivalry." it should "If everbe totally extinguished,loss fearwill the 1 l)t. great." For,underthis "new conquering empire of light reason," ofthe"decent and all drapery life of is it)be rudely tornoff." thisscheme things, "On of kiugis but a man,a queenis bul a woman; woman a is butarlanimal, an aninlal of thehighest and not order. homage All paidto thesexin general such, as andwitliout distinct views, tolit is regarded roinas anteandfolly." in the "partnership" society. of "all,nellhave equal rights; notto equal but things." Burke criticizes radicals takentip with the "so their theories about rights nian, the of that they have totally forgotten uature. .... lhe his lirelended rights ofthese theorists allextrenies: in proportion ;ire and theyarcmetaphysically riley morally trtle, are anti politically false." As {mired States citizens undel tilt" (]onstitution. we haveno legitimate clainl ai abstract to D "rights (if nlen." Rather, are uniquely we bhssed withthe rights ,.t of merican.s. Muchof Bi, rkeis est)ecially useful comhatting in the ideologies Marxists, of Socialists, othe, and share-the-weahh leftists would who sacrifice "everything hunmnand divine"to "the idol of publi( credit." Regarding Ihe "truly despicable" National Assemblymen have brought who abouta "fondele( lionof evil," Burke observes: "Sonlething Inust they destroy, the~ (Jr seem ihen,selvtsexist I<) I() for purl)ose." Slriving convince to his $oungFrench hiendof the revolutionaries imbecility, Burke argues: "Youbegan ill,because yotlbegan despisby ing everything thaibelonged you." IO (;olerunlenla] sciente, a((or(tiug Bur ke. is "iutended for such pracli(al puiposes," (hal "requires experience, and even inore experience thanall) person gainin hiswhole (an lift." BurkCs political hero,Ihe stalesnian, applies practical knowledge history of and habit policynlaking. lo "When hearthe siml)licity contrivance I ot aimed al andlloasted inanynewt/olilit ~onstitutions, of al I ant noloss decide the at t.) that artifi( are ers grossly ignorant their of trade, totally or negligent their to duty. The simple governments are lundamentaily defective, sayno worse them." to ol Indeed, conservatives realize inust thatnouveautheoreticians from French"sophisters" Marxto worshipping PhDs"cannotproduce anything betteradapted preserve rational manly to a and freedom than the coursethat we have pursued,who have chosen ournature rather thanour speculations, our breasts rather thanourinventions, thegreat for conservatories and magazines of our rights and privileges." Ironically, liberal "equalizing" sociologists usuallymake"no sacrifices their to projects greater of consequence than theirshoe-buckles" whilstthey "bathe tears" "plunge poverty distress, in and in and thousands worthymen and worthyfamilies." of To his surprise, Burke finds theNational Assemblyscharacteristic ofindividuals be men"not type to taught habitually respect to themselves, hadno who previous fortune character stake; could in at who not be expected bearwith moderation, to conduct to or with discretion, power,whichthey themselves, a morethan any others, mustbe surprised findin to their hands." He asks: "Who could doubt but that, at any expenseto the state,of which they understood nothing, they must pursuetheirprivate interests T which theyunderstood toowell? but .... o squander awaythe objects whichmadethe happiness their of fellows, would to themno sacrifice all." be at The ignorantsector presently condemning not only the Reaganadministrations socialprogram cuts and supply-side economics, also the free but enterprise system, havemuch in commonwith these revolutionaries "who,immersed hopeless in poverty, couldregard all property...withother no eye than thatof envy..." ;

ON DISC
The Performers Progress

Donna Summer b~, Donna Summer Produced by Quincy Jones

(,e][en Records H.W.Crocker III

Reading journals higher the of intellectual opinion, one can only be amazedat the way professors overate the appetites theirstudents. common of A assumption "Anycollege is, graduate should able be to recognize superiority Bach to the Rolling the of Stones." Maybethey should, very few do. but Popular musicused to mean GlennMiller,Frank Sinatra, Nat KingCole or at leastHarry and James, Tony Bennett, SarahVaughn. otherwords, and In it was palatable and it was professional. Much as I admireAndrewSarris, Im afraidhis approach to fihn has createdthe popularmusiccritic.Good popularmusic is what you whistle, what tinkles aroundin your memory,and what you enjoyhearing.The popular music critic canonlysurvive he if findssome other way to definewhat is good. He accomplishes by praising originality the this the of insipid, artistry thebizarrely the of coiffeured, and the integrity theobnoxious. of Listening my felto low students, (whothink Sibelius a foreign is car, and Dvorak leading a member the Politburo), of talk about the virtuesof The Penetrators. Tweed The Sneakers, The (;o-Gos haveto wonder these and I if people hearthrough earsor funnels. Whatespecially rihs is theway thatpop ,nusic me aficionados, who havethegallto worship talentless likeElvis a hack Costello, feelso intellectualrejecting can in someone like DonnaSummer, who is tryingto bringpop music backto the reahn respectability. of Donna Summer has overcome poverty, drugaddiction, leakyrelationships construct and to for herself life basedulxm ambition, a sobriety, anti Christianity. shehasdoneina,,il,dustiy This nll),l"

amenable debauchery to and diabolism than morality and while remaininga musicland superstar cranking records the rateGeorge out at Stevens used to make movies. Her movement towards artistic integrity away and from mechanical eroticism and whimpering thumpety-thump love songs has coincided with the demands of themarket herdesire capture broad, and to a integratedaudience. the reigning As Queenof Disco, (whicheverybody tellsus is dead but whichquite obviously survives), has madeovert she overtures to therhythm blues, and rockand roll, and easylisteningaudiences, as faras I cantell, and, incorporated everytype of music known to man in her productions. The IVanderer, wildest her adventure, oscillated between inspirational "I Believe Jesus") (i.e. in and new wave (i.e."ColdLove")and hit everybase in between. Albeit, mt,sic pop lyrics rarely are poetry, often are stupid shedof music, and are usually comparable to pablum, drivel, slop. and Still, theyarethewords on thepublics lips. Andherwords better are thanmost, showingan emergentGilderiteconscience and a catchycloseof spunk.Moreover, she is a common mans T.S.Eliot. She is fondof beingabstract and shecites fairy tales suchthings and incessantly. Beyond the brazen explication laissez-faire of in thetitle track Bad(,iris. of (BadGirls andLweand Afore have longbeenher mostsonorous efforts with Bad Girls the favorite rockers Live and More of and thepreference easylisteners), Wanderer the of The is richest Wealth& Poverty in imagery. "Running for Cover",in some wonderfully hard-boiled verse, warnsghettoinhabitants pull up on thosebootto straps facetilt or devil a playmate. Do You as "Who ThinkYoure Foolin" sarcastically reminds that us success resuhs is not promises. Kaleidoscopic languageand a gurgling draindo a prettygood job of exlxlsing secular the humanist litin "Nightlife." The Wanderer.however,is also unlistenabh. Happily, Donna.gummer is a mature effort--musical andintelligent. is inControl" itsllii "l.ove is single anti lile(li( dis( Iake orleave "~tilystlty is faille <l. it it.

of Love"is the real standout the albumand is of supportedby "The Woman in Me" and "Protection" --goodsongsall. "Stateof Independence" her is requisite songof mysticism "Livin America" and in confirms place one of pop musics her as black conservatives (alongwith PearlBailey,SammyDavis Jr., and Lionel Hampton). Donna Summer has always shown reverence things a for pastand thatis continued thisrecord on withher rendition Billy of Strayhorns 1949 composition "LushLife". The rest is mediocrity. Thats better thancanbe said[ormost pop albums. With rock and roll disintegrating countryand western unlikely hegemonize to popular musicthere may stillbe hope for our nations airwaves. the In meantime Ill keep listening Beethoven make to and occasional pop stops with Donna Summer.Shesa good kid.

Reflect thesocial on revolutions the sixties. of Reflect adversary on individuals coalitions and who currently thrustnew demands for "equality" into oursociety. Increasingly, same"scheme barthis of barous philosophy" threatens traditional the wholesomeness American of lifeby undermining spirit the of capitalism whichwe owe our greatness, to by subverting general the esteem for private property thatprovides incentive advancement, by desfor and troying family attempting present the by to natural maleandfemale roles obsolete. as Burkecorrectly declares: "Those who attempt to level neverequalize." Prior the eighteenth to century, Englands class system, grounded thefamily, in was governed a natural by order, within whicheach man or womanhad a distinct role.Personal pride and happiness were not functions ones of placeon thesocial totem pole. beattached thesubdivi"To to sion,to love the littleplatoon belongto in we society, thefirst is principlepublic of affections. Itis the firstlink in the seriesby whichwe proceed towards love to our country, to mankind." a and The "rights men" havebeensubject violent of to controversy since ever the phrase was popularized by suchwriters Voltaire Rousseau. as Burke as and But, rhetorically questions: "Am I to congratulate a highwayman and a murderer,who has broke prision, uponthe recovery hisnatural of rights?" Primarily concerned lest French philosophy corrupt England, Burke employs wit and logic to enhance his case:"What the use of discussing is a mans abstract right foodor medicine? questo The tionis uponthe methodof procuring adminisand teringthem.In that deliberation shallalways l advise callin theaidof thefarmer thephysito and cian, rather thantheprofessor metaphysics." of "Faram I fromdenying theory...the rights in real of men.In denying their false claims right, do of I notmeanto injure those which arereal, aresuch and as their pretended rights would totally destroy. If civil society madefortheadvantage allmen,all be of theadvantages which is madebecome right. for it his Itis an institution beneficence; lawitself of and is onlybeneficence acting a rule. havea right by Men to liveby that rule; theyhavea right do justice, to as between their fellows, whether their fellows in are publicfunction in ordinary or occupation. They havea rightto the fruits their of industry...They have a rightto the acquisitions theirparents of ...Whatever each man can separately do, without trespassing upon others, has a rightto do for he himself..."

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Ann Watson was born in Vienna,Austria.She grewup under reign a o/terror imposed [irst the by National Socialists underHitler, then by the Russian Communistsunder Stalin. Escapingto the American zoneo[ occupation became o[]icial she an translator interpreter the Criminal and [or InvestigationDivisiono/ the United States Forces in Austria--a brancho/ military intelligence. Mrs. Watson a graduate is o/theUniversity o/Vienna and theInternational School Interpreters [or (1945). She is now a naturalized American citizen. Ann Watson is the author o/twobooks:TheyCame in Peaceand CruelPeace.She has been honored many organiby zations[or her lectures and speeches internaon tional a/[airs thethreat totalitarianism and o] to the institutions o/this country. is currently She teaching on a part-time basis[or the San DiegoCommunity College. concert A pianist, a charming vivaand and cious woman, (with the most intelligent German Shepherdin the world--it understands English, French, and German), Mrs. Watson tooktime to chat withBrigadier Editor Crocker about her world view. CR: How did your newsletter started? get WATSON:I am not the run of the mill conservativenewsletter writer. never I madea dimedoing any of this work. Ive done as a labor love. started it of It when I wrote my book and, strangelyenough,it started with UCSD. I was teaching German and Frenchfor peoplewho wantedto get theirPhd., psychologists psychiatrists, had to read and who German texts thatwereverydifficult translate. to One nightone of my students askedme a little bit about my background living under Hitler and Stalin. started I talking the class and became very fascinated and didntwant to studyGermanafter that.This one gentleman saidto me, "Well, just I heardAngela Davisand Marcuse and all thesepeople give a speechat UCSD and they oughtto hear what you have to say about Communism. Would you considerhavinga debatewith some of these studentsat UCSD?" I said, "Sure, why not?" To make longstory a short, theyfinally up thedebate set at the Twelve-thirty in La Jollaand I debated Club Marcuses little angels. debate The turned out to be six against me. We had a high schoolprincipal to monitor debate. said,"This the He isntfair." The peoplefrom UCSD invited to a meeting me priorto the debateand the head of the Chemistry Department who somehowhad got involvedsaid to me, "Yesit is fairbecause werebornandraised you over there.You claimyou livedunderCommunism..." I said,"I didntclaimit, I did live underCommunism."He continued, "...andtherefore you have morecredibility the audience with thanour students wouldhave." I agreed everything. debate So to The took placeand I won the debatehandsdown.They were still screaminginto their mikes when the debate over. had lunch was I there and thenextdayI became desperately ill. I went throughScripps Clinic. Theythought had cancer, I they tookevery test,they couldnt figure out whatwas wrongwith me. One of the people in my German class was a youngdoctorwho had just openedup his practice and I called him up and said, dont "I knowwhatto do anymore. losttwenty I pounds, hairfellout, my my fingernails breaking. constantly are Im sick, I cant eat,andI havea lowfever, and these doctors put me through misery giving all thesetests me and they reallydontknow whatswrongwith me." tie said,"Comedown to my officetomorrow morning." I went down there.He checked out and he said, me "You have a low grade poison in your system.I thinkitsLSDand youre veryallergic it."You to see,LSDis pureacidandI havebeenallergic acid to ever since. I drink glass orange If one of juice getan I immediate reaction,cant I eatstrawberries, I cant drink more than two glassesof champagne, anythingwithacidin it willaffect this way.This me doctorgave me some vitamins ar, d some cortisone shots eventually over butI still and I got it, have this allergy. suspect I theyreally tried putme out of to business the very beginning my careeras a at of conservative. so sickthatsummer, didnt I was I feel likedoing anything, I stayed and home, andI gotso upsetaboutall thosethingsthat I sat down and wrotea book which entitled is They Camein Peace. Its my life underHitlerand Stalin Vienna. in I entitled TheyCamein Peace it because National the Socialists underHitler, Fascists the underMussolini,and the Communists tinder Stalin all had one messagefor the people--that they were bringing peace and prosperity. course Of the message that is theybrought onlywar and misery, they also not but brought starvation unbelievable and agony, and that theyarenotforthelittle guy.Theyartnotforyou and me. They abhor nothingmore than a middle

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shipit to countries thatare friendly theUnited to States, where theyarestarving d~ath Africa, to in in Indochina, wherever. CR: Do you think all encompassing, an unilateral boycott the Soviet of Unionwouldbe successful? WATSON: Absolutely. Absolutely, because theres only so much that Europecan do. The thingwith Americans that they just dont know any geois graphy, theydont knowany history, they dont and know anythingabout these governments. People alwayssay to me, "But,Ann, Argentina will sell grainto the Russians." them.Argentina Let cant produce enoughhigh-grade grainto keep the Russian Empire alive.Australia cannotfeed the Communistworld. are the worlds We breadbasket. Our government turned into a breadbasket our has us for enemies. Thatsimmoral. Out of everyfive men in Russia, fourarein somesortof military service. The sameis truein Nicaragua, sameis truein Cuba, the the same is true in everyCommunist country. Now, whos growing the food? Old men and old women are growing the food.Unfortunately, Reagan no is different fromCarter. Hesstill goingto sellthe Russians grain, andhes still going communicate to withtheRussians, hestaking thisgruff and all from theUnited Nations, thistheatre theabsurd, of which we spend 3.5million dollars for. CR: Do you think we should withdrawfrom the UnitedNations? WATSON: Why of course. The United Nations would collapse the day we withdraw. Our governmentshould haveintelligence enough realize to that thisgamewe havebeenplaying self-defeating. is CR: If we couldstop our corporations from subsidizing Russians, the would thatbe sufficient corporate reform for you or do you have something broader mind? in WATSON: Oh no, I have much more in mind than that. togetback mylittle But to career.goton I the radiobecause was advertising book on the I my air and oneof the talkshowhostswenton vacation and he decided try something to different. he So, said, "Each dayof theweek, somebody different will takeover my show.Thereil a gay,therell a be be black, therell a Mexican there be and willbe a right wing conservative." pickedme to be the rightHe wing,conservative, "fascist" type.This was Fred Lewis.He worksat the collegewith my husband. Were verygoodfriends, respect we eachother, but, you know,hes just a dumb-dumb. Fred said to So, me, "Well, which day do you want? You can have any day you want,becauseyourethe only woman on the program Illlet youhaveyourchoice." and I said, wantFriday." said, "I He "WhyFriday?" said, I "Youll find out."They had me and I was knownas the"fascist bitch". Thentheyhad a black professor from UCSD who wrote poetryand who talkedabout racism and poetry and of course nobody Southeast in San Diegounderstood word he was saying, a but he was black and he talked the blackpeople. we to And had a Mexicanguy by the name of Vic Viapando, who playstenniswith my husband. was a great He socialist, except thathe wouldnt livein Mexico. He wanted livein America to under the freeenterprise system. Hesa heckof a niceguy,anda lovable guy, and a goodtennis player, and I educated along him the way and hesnot a socialist anymore. then And the gays had a show and then theiewas a woman who advocated sex education for twelveyear old children. theyall didtheir So thing. Monday On was Vic Viapando, Tuesday on was the gay liberation movement, on Wednesday was the sex lady, on Thursday was the blackmovement, and Fridaycame along andI cameon theairandI totally obliterated themall.I listened every to show, and I tooknotes, and I madetapes, and I tookon all the mainpoints t hatwerediscussed theair.I took on themoneby one anddebated themoutof sight. had thebestratings I any show had ever had on KSDO beforeI left.The weekbefore was fired I the general manager invited ,neto a party I satat histable wechatted and and and he showed the rating me book.Hedhad a few drinks and he got carried awayand he showed to me. He it said, "Do you see that. Youve done terrific shows. Terrific. People write me and say theyset their to alarmclocks just so theydontmiss yourshow."I camehomeandI said, "Gee, isnt thatwonderful." I expected stay on the air. On Mondaymorning to I was fired. had someinteresting I experiences: with Jane Fonda during the Vietnam War, and a guy threwa chairat me and tried killme, the Black to Panthers cut all the telephone wireswhen I was interviewing AdmiralSabin during the Vietnam War.Then theysetfire to the station. had been It raining. showwas over about8 p.m.that Sunday My and Vic Viapandocame on after me. And because (contimwd next page) on

(Burke, continued/row 11) p. Burkeascribes trouble France "rash the in to and ignorant counsel timeof profound in peace." Thus, let us stomp ourpeacetime on parasites soles with of conservatism before theychewto shreds freedoms. our Louisde Bonald, of the foremost one French conservatives during the period contributed analthis ogy to the opposition Revolution of philosophy in his Theorie Pour[or du Politique: old, in the "Of century force,a gallant of knight,mountedon a palfrey, helmeton head and lance in hand.persuaded himself hischivalric in dreams thata beautiful princesslockedin a towerunder guardof a wizard,was goingto offer him her hand and her estates freeing fromcaptivity. for her Today, the in century enhghtment, young of the literary man,still covered withdustfromschool, penin his handand a thesocial contract his head, in imagines hisphiin losophic dreamsthat a peoplegroaning underdespotismwill in its primary assemblies conferupon him at leastthe legislative powerif he can with speeches and writings breaktheirchains. have We here the samepassions; the knight but was a generousand brave visionary; literary the real: a danis gerous lunatic." Returning Burkes to Re/lections, notesimilar we sentimenttowardsthe calculations Bonalds of "young literary man:....I wasindeed aware, thata jealous, ever-waking vigilance, guard to thetreasure of our liberty, not only from invasion, but from decayand corruption, our bestwisdom, was and our first duty."
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In 1860, AbrahamLincoln,our nationsfirst Republican president said:"Whatis conservatism? Is it not adherence the oldand tried, to against the new and untried?" The philosophers these nationswhere true of freedomis foreignhave no roots in the ancient democracies our beloved of Western tradition. They "despiseexperience the wisdom of unlettered as men...They have the rightsof men.Against these there can be no prescription; against these arguno ment is binding; theseadmitno temperment and no compromise:anything withheld from their full demandis so much of fraudand injustice." Although our overwhelmingly liberalnews media wouldleadus to believe otherwise, conservatism is stillverymuch the essence America, of just as the family stillthemost sought-after is source love of andsecurity. "Because half a dozengrasshoppers undera fern make the fieldring with theirimportunate chink, whilst thousands great of cattle, reposed beneath the shadow of the Britishoak, chew the cud and are silent, praydo not imagine thatthosewho make the noise are theonlyinhabitants the field; of that, of course, theyare manyin number; that, or after all, they are otherthanthe little, shrivelled, meagre, hopping, thoughloud and troublesome, insectsof the hour." Americas silent majority endured noise has the of "insolent irreligion" long enough.Let us instead sustainan "austere and masculine morality" with Burkes case forconservatism.
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As Burkeso aptlyremarked: few yearsago f "A should ashamed overload matter, capable be to a so of supporting itself...but seditious, this unconstitutional doctrine now publicly is taught, avowed, and printed." Now, more than ever, the American Way must be conserved. As socialist Swedenmurdersthe work ethicand communist Russia depreciates value life, us the of let listento Burke, for: "Wheneverour neighbors house onfire, cannot amiss theengines is it be for to play little ourown. a on Better be despised too to for anxiousapprehensions, than ruinedby too confidenta security."
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ThePursuit Happiness of
One mansfreedom may be anothermansstraight jacket. this issueoi Cali/ornia As Reviewgoes to press, campaign "reclaim a to America" smolderis ing aftermakingseveral whistlestops the east on coast. Reclaim America, offensive the fundaan of mentally left-wing National Peoples Actiongroup (NPA), intended set a course economic is to of redistribution, provide platform single a for issue gripegroups, boostthe careers several and of political opportunists. "Reagan anti-people" The is rhetoric is running thickwith a fervorheretofore wielded onlyby militant marxists. Gale Cincotta,Chairpersonof the NPA vehementlyexonerates the movement: Reclaim America for the underemployed; is for the rightto affordable home heatingfuel. Extravagant militaryspendingis breeding fears nuclear andis stealing social of war from programs the sametimehundreds billions at of of dollars tax breaks in for big business are lining pockets thealready the of rich. Who, mightI ask, is stealing from whom? Carl Holman,Presidentof the NationalUrban Coalition, declares that Reclaim Americamust be implemented "protect to and recoverthe progress weve madesince the sixties." who getsthebill But for this "progress"? Luminary John E. Jacobof the National Urban League says the movement will "reclaim the promise America." of Powerful words, these-- "right", "progress" "promise". in and But the context used here,they are nothing more than esoteric presumption. America the land of both is opportunity and adventure--the antithesis a of promised future. Americas premise its promise, e is The basisforthe concept a limited of government in theUnited States was not the materialized dream of an egalitarian philosopher. Rather, the concept was based on English common law and John Lockes commentaries the "GloriousRevoluon tion" 1688. limited of A government protects best the "natural rights" all men. of In his work,On CivilGovernment (1690),Locke tells thattheRevolution 1688-89 us of "putan endto attempts despotic at monarchy." asserts He thatmen have"natural rights", including right "life, the to liberty property and (andthe freedom pursue to that property). Locke correct. right engage is The to in enterprise provides freedom. Sir William Blackstone, his Commentaries in on the Laws o] England (1765), makes mention mans right "life, to liberty thepursuit happand of iness." Replacing the word "property" with "pursuit of happiness" doe not changethe meaningof the original phrase. Therefore, ThomasJefferson incorporates revised this version intothe American Declaration Independence "pursuit happiof -of ness" was understood then as it should be now. Americans have the right to seek happiness--some

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may attainit; othersmay not. This is Americas promise. Pursuit meansadventure; happiness means an acquired capacity a particular for purpose; as or Nathan[el Webster writes,"happiness graceful is aptitude." Heinous radicals not graceful. are The legislative power that composedLockes "political society" wouldprotect the "pursuit of happiness" only as long as "everyone, majority by would give allegiance." Lois Gibbs of the Love Canal HomeownersAssociation, and a leader of Reclaim America, represents holdouts themethe of generation: "The timeis come to take backwhat is rightfully ours despite industry and government." But would Ms. Gibbs haveanything allhad it not at beenfor the "political society" thatguaranteed her "pursuit happiness"? of The "political society" must endureto protect "natural rights"--niether "society" the nor the "rights" can be jeopardized what Lockecalls for "lightor transient causes," exempligratia--the highcostof heating fuel.Maggie Kuhn, former sixties burnout,and Gray Pantheron the Reclaim ,liner[ca isveryupset: prowl Itishigh time free hostage to the cities the from Reaganpeopleand theirparanoia. The people, old and young,must work together for peace. t-an take back our blighted We slums, get windmills, solar and ponds installed, bring abundance, safe energy and hope. Seriously? muhi-[aceted Her radicalism a chiis mera, bothlight and transient.

On the writingof the Declaration Independof ence, JohnAdams suggested Mr. Jefferson to thatits purpose was not simply to claim independence; rather, was to 7usti[y claim independencem it the to and to do so in termsthatwould enlist the sympathy of Europeanpublic opinion -- cogencyfor new ideas is a necessity. But Rep. John Conyers(DMich.) finds fashionable makea mockery the it to of noble venture 76by associating of Reclaim met[ca A with the "vitalityof the Americanideal".The movement, according Conyers, for the people to "is who have been economically discriminated against; (they)cannotcompete with the banksand corporations who are makingrecordbreaking profitsand alsoare now getting benefits everlarge the of taxbreaks." This legislator a manifest has hatredof wealth, furthermore is incorrect. he Corporate profits are at record lowsI Corporations are losing money. Why are the corporaphobes not dancingin thestreets? "Thiscrisis", says Conyers, "has been brought about by anti-people policies coming out of Washington, including artificially high interest ratesand artificially high energycosts."Wrong again. Mr. Reaganspolicieshave broughtdown interest rates. Energy costs arent "artificially" high; theyre really high. Lets Mr.Conyers he would ask if endorse JamesWatt, whoseoffice has beendedicated to reducing energy costs forthe pasttwenty months. Any sympathy for ReclaimAmericawill be borne out of ignorance, the featherbrains l[ neglectto appreciate system the thatprotects their pursuits, thentheywill never findhappiness. e,4l Talaric, 1982

class.The Communists destroyed the middleclass andso didtheNazis. Theybelieve an elitism the in at top and the masses the bottom at who are beingfed propaganda turnedinto zombies do the bidand to dingof the master. mean, I thereis no equality in Russia. There is no equalityin any Communist country. think greatest I the danger America the to is factthatthepeople thathavea lot of influence and power and moneyareignorant history, ignorof are ant of foreign countries, totally ignorant. Theyre ignorant people. Ive talkedto senators and congressmenwho I considerso ignorantI wouldnt want to wastemy time educating them.They dont know anythingabout Europe.There was one man who was running for President the same time as at Reagan. Republican. very handsome, A A nice man. CR: Phil Crane. WATSON:Phil Crane. Phil Crane was my choice forPresident. tell why.Inthethirty Ill you minutes thatI interviewed for a TV program found him I out that he speaksGerman and he speaksFrenchand he studied theUniversity Vienna he was at the at of and Sorbonne Parisandhe knowstheworldand hesa in statesman hesnot a two bit politician. had and He the charisma and he had the knowledge. CR: And yet he got very littlesupport from the Republican Party. WATSON: Thatsright.Thatsright. CR: What do you thinkof Reagans plan for peace in the Mideast? WATSON: Itsan absolute disaster. Here we have thispeace plan. Everybodys rejected already. it This sounds goodfor the election. Tellthe Jews, "Dont worry, we love you." And tell the Arabs,"Dont worry,we love you too. And wellgive you everything have. we Well giveyou ourjetplanes, our and money,and everything. Just keep the lid down." And theRussians loveit. I listen Radio to Moscow. CR: What do you think of Reagans positionon thegas pipeline? WATSON:Well, I have writtenvolumes on the gas pipeline. position absolutely His is correct. The onlyproblem the way he has presented number is it, one. And number two, the Europeansare saying, "Fine,we are engulfed an unemployment in crisis and we are faced withthe Red Armyat our borders." I mean, theRedArmyis as farfromthepeople living in WestGermany Tijuana fromus livingright as is here.How wouldyou feel if you livedin San Diego and you knew that therewere nuclear missiles in Tijuana, there and weretankarmies, therewere and chemical warfare divisions, allthisstuff sitand is tingthereand couldbe thrown you at any time. at And your one and onlyally is selling grain the to troops. greatest The weapon any war is food. in You know what defeated Hitlermorethan anything else? The factthatwe wereall starving death. had to We nothing eat.My father to was killed Stalingrad. in He was a colonel the German in Army.Not by choice, he was drafted whenthe Germans took overAustria. In thelast letters I gothe said, that "Were freezing and werestarving." it not been for that the Had Germans wouldhave obliterated Russians. the The Russians were almost finished, it not beenfor had the United States sending foodand equipment the to Russians the Lease-line on Agreements. CR: Do you have a corollary foreign policy axiom as regards Poland? WATSON: The peopleof Polandlaid their lives on the line tryingto overthrow their communist government.What did we do? We bailed out the Communist govermnent Polandto the tune of 71 of million dollars a time whenwe were practically at bankruptin America.We have an army of allies behind IronCurtain the thatare willing lay down to their lives thethings takeforgranted. we for we All haveto do is to do what the Mossad and the KGB and everysecret organization doingexcept is our dumb. dumb CIA. Give them weapons, give them moral support, give them books.Show the worldthat we mean it[ Show them we mean it! How can Reagan talkabout the Soviet Union withallthisrhetoric-"Light a candle in your window."(Somebodyin Clairemont burneddown theirhouseputting cana dle in their window for the Polish peopleI)--and the next day give the government that suppresses the people71 milliondollars. Then we give Romania 200 million dollars. Theycantpay the interest on the debt.These Communist governments dontpay off theirdebts. They know fromthe beginning that were bunch idiots. a of CR: And then theycan blackmail by defaulting us on the loans. WATSON:Exactly. weregoing to give money I1 away, giveit to the Americans, dont giveit to the Russians. if I werePresident So, today would I subsidize every larmer. theyhavea surpltns wouhl If 1

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by C. Brandon Crocker
It seemsstrange, considering empirical the evidence,that American liberals shouldscornfree market capitalism a leech the Third as on World and hailcentrally planned, socialist, Marxist and economic systems as the savior oi Third World peoples--but ever said that American who liberals arelogical? Many liberals, such as UCSDsPolitical Science Professor, Peter Gourevitch, example, for assert that U.S..interest ratesand not Francois Mitterrands socialist economic policies (which when announced alterhis election caused large a outflow money of fromtheFrench stock market) to blame are forFrances deteriorated economy. Strangely, high U.S interest rates started have to their devilish effect on the French economy onlyafter Mitterrands election, yet the Federal Fundsrate has dropped 40% since Mitterrands victory. Thoughsuch a defence Frenchsocialism of may be rather weak,the well entrenched academe (in at least) belie[ thatsocialistic, planned economies are what Third Worldnations need,and that capitalism has beenthe ThirdWorlds greatest enemy, even is morevulnerable scrutinization. to One charge leveled against capitalism is that now capitalist countries successful are because theyhave exploited Third World nations through "neocolonialism". theory The being thatWestern corporations exploit ThirdWorld nations not capitalbut ist nations. "Neo-colonialism", however, just is anothersloganthe Left uses in placeof reasoned argument. the charge If were truethe United States would a lesser be developed country. After all, the Americancoonmythroughoutthe 18th and 19th centuries in large was, part, foreign a (mainly British)venture. Also, under thistheory, countries with the greatest contacts traderelationships and with Western capitalist countries wouldbe the poorest whilethosewith the fewestcontacts wouldbe the richest. fact, In the inverse true. is Manyliberals, however, validity their find in accusationsthefact in that manymajorcorporations theiroperations move to ThirdWorldcountries take advantage the to of large, and therefore cheap, labor forces. Withlogic endemic the leftist to mind,manyAmerican liberals argue thatit is worse a Third for World person be to employed a largecorporation make a small by and income (in U.S. standards) thanto have no employment and no income. Thisbrings to theheart the realreason us of why many Third World nationshave stagnanteconomies. Many Americanintellectuals advise Third Worldcountries develop to some sortof "planned", highlyregulated (to "protect" workers) economy, and most Third World countriesseem to have an abundance peopleeagerto do the planning. of Yet advocates socialistic, of planned economies few have examples aboutwhichto h, rag. After35 yearsof centraleconomicmanagement,India has become the worlds largest charity. Cuba,before Castros rewflution, thefourth had largest capita per (;NPin LatinAmerica. Today,despite receiving million 8 dollars dayfromthe Soviet a [bfion, ranks it fourteenth.Socialismhas changedTanzaniafrom an exporter maizeto an importer maize. of of Viemams new economic system has made Vietnams chief export slave labor. The [a(tis thatsuchecononlic systemskeep lesserdeveloped cot|ntries lesser developed. l.abor forcesin hsserdeveloped countries are large and contain highpet(entage unskilled a of and underemployed individt,als. naturalresuhof The thissituation lowwagerates. is Normally,capitala istwilltakeadvantage thisfactandinvest the o[ in hsser develol)ed countries makeuseof thecheap and lahor. thisprocess As occurs, workfor(e the becomes moreskilled theI||unll)hIyment dml)S. and late The res|ths are higherwagesand higherstandards of livin+But one politythat many hsserdeveloped (ore|tries hawfollowed higher is wages governby nwntde(rte n(,thy market and [(,r(es. tiles( What artifi(iall,, wagerales is I() l)revent high do attraction investtlrs entrel)renet,rs (if and andthns, thoughthe wage ratesmay Ix high,hw have jobs andthe econo|ny r(.mains ut|derdevehIl)ed. Another tactic thathas beenused by lesser developed countries to nationalize is industries. Lesser developed countries are usuallyplaguedby high interest rates, whichmeansa shortage capital. of Probably singleactiontakenby a f;overnment no doesmoreto shutoff the inflow foreign of capital than nationalizations. Lossesincurred companby ies due to nationalizations have been enormous. Companies to avoid try losses, theyavoid so investing in countrieswhich have nationalized other industries thatappear be considering or to nationalizing. Freemarket capitalism, however, beentried has by someThirdWorld countries. instance, Ivory For the Coasthas the freesteconomyand the highestper capita income blackAfrica. in Thereis also a more even distribution wealth the Ivory of in Coastthan in socialist Tanzania Zambia, distribution and yet of wealth leftprimarily themarket. is to In 1973 under communist President Allende, Chilehad an inflation rate of 350%.AfterGeneral Pinochet tookoffice, however, inflation the situation got worse,hitting500% in 1974 and 374% in 1975.At that time,Pinochet decidedto take the adviceof MiltonFriedman, and with the aid of a teamof economists trained the University Chiat of cagounderFriedman, Pinochet taxesand opened cut up theeconomy freetrade. a result, Chilean to As the economygrew nearly9% in 1977 compared a 13% to contraction 1975 and tax revenue, in even at the lowerrates, increased. 1981 the inflation In rate stoodat around 10%. Free trade has turned the economies of many countries theorient in intosomeof thestrongest in the worhl. Hong Kong, South Korea, Japan, and Singapore have all had successful experiments with relatively free market capitalism. tile Soviet Even Irnion employed has freeenterprise order save it) to its economy. The Sovietshave allowedsome 3% o[ Soviet farmland to be run privately. this3% is On produced of all Soviet 25% fartn products. The trackrecordof socialistic economies shows thatsocialism failed improve condition has to the of thepeotfle thecountries which is employed, in in it whereas capilalism had greatsuccess, seems has h hightittle that leftist ideologues offtheir got moral high horsesand took a look at the reality the of systems theyadvo(ate. pe,)l)hneedrot,re Poor ) than rhet(iri(-, l.alith as Athulathmudal, Minister Trade ofSril.anka l)UlS "Wearein a 1)(,sl-so(ialist it. an era where shigans h>nger no are l)elieved t() il)st) facto. TheyhaveIf[ l)el)roved...To tny today...we taken so(ialist butit)l)racli have a goal. cal termsso(ialism meanswhatever ln(ans (an I)e emtfloyed i|npr()ve lot(IfIht"l)oor. t() the If m(/udes private enterl)rise, thats then alsoa good (flljecl, because that if gives jobs, thatin(reases if in((nne, Ihatgives if better cuhivalion nlethods, thalme:|ns belier nlanagenlenl (If your industries, wellthats good enough so( ialism for me."

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