has separated political pliilosopliy in the English-speaking world from that of continental Europe. As is well known, this rift did not open overnight. Its origins can be traced back to the early 19th century, when distinctly national styles of plulosophical reflection first arose in Europein tlie wake of tlie French Revolution. As late as the 17th century, European thinkers shared a common language, Latin, which allowed them to communicate directly witli their con- temporaries and indirectly...
ody-snatching space pods-they re-
semble squash with a thyroid condi-
tion and hormonal imbalance-first
invaded the earth in the mid-1950s, so we're coming up on a 40th anniversary. Fall asleep near one of them, and the malevolent pod will suck the life out of you, become you, assume your appearance, erase your human- ity, and leave your former body an empty husk. The vegetables have settled in nicely, and their presence explains a lot: the capacity of politicians to keep smiling; the diction...
official estimates, some 3.5 million aliens now live in die United States illegally, and 200,000 to 300,000 more are coming each year. Mexicans and Central Americans account for more than half of the influx, but illegal immigrants also come from Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, and Canada. Congress tried to stem the tide eight years ago strengthening border enforcement and imposing sanctions on employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens. But die Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 only...
George L. Kelling and Catherine M. Coles, in The Public Interest (Summer 1994), 1112 16thSt. N.W., Ste. 530, Washington, D.C. 20036; "Graffiti" Andre Henderson, in Gouernii~g (Aug. 1994), 2300 N St. N.W., Washington, D.C. 20037.
Fighting "serious" crime by lengthening prison sentences, banning some semi-automatic weap- ons, and putting more cops on the beat, as Presi- dent Clinton's federal crime legislation pro- vides, is all well and good. But the more com- mon "crime"...
A. James Reichley, in Tlie
World &I (May 1994), 3400 New York Ave. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002.
First critics of Ronald Reagan's presidency dis- missed him as an affable buffoon. Then, wlien the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe were lib- erated, they denied tliat the Reagan administra- tion and its budget-busting arms buildup played a crucial role. Finally, a few academics conceded that the administration's policies contributed, but denied tliat Reagan himself did. Once again, Reagan's critics...
A. James Reichley, in Tlie
World &I (May 1994), 3400 New York Ave. N.E., Washington, D.C. 20002.
First critics of Ronald Reagan's presidency dis- missed him as an affable buffoon. Then, wlien the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe were lib- erated, they denied tliat the Reagan administra- tion and its budget-busting arms buildup played a crucial role. Finally, a few academics conceded that the administration's policies contributed, but denied tliat Reagan himself did. Once again, Reagan's critics...
David C. Hendrickson,in Foreign Affairs (Sept.-Oct.1994),58 E. 68th St., New York, N.Y. 10021.
Candidate Bill Clinton's message in the 1992 campaign was plain: President George Bush was neglecting the domestic welfare. He was much too preoccupied with foreign affairs. So well did the Democrat get his message across, observes Hendrickson, a political scientist at Colorado College, that an important fact was obscured: Clinton was calling for a far more ambitious for- eign policy than Bush's. He not...
Charles J. Dunlap, Jr., in Wake Forest Law Reviezu (Summer 1994), Wake Forest University, School of Law, Winston-Salem, N.C. 27109.
Opinion surveys show that Americans now have more confidence in the military than in any other
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institution. The hostility toward those in uniform so evident during the Vietnam War-and in ear- lier periods of American history-has disappeared, and the "can do" military is seen as virtually the only part of government that works. A 19...
the authoritarian system in which they live; indeed, they cherish the har- mony it provides. [They] do not necessarily ad- mire or desire the unbridled individualism en- joyed civilian society." As its civilian respon- sibilities multiply, Dunlap warns, the military may start "to assume it has the right, and even the obligation, to intervene in a wide range of activities when it perceives it can advance a broadly defined notion of the national interest."
Sons of the South
"Dixie's D...
an educated elite, reverence for the law and tra- dition, political stability, and a humane free enter-prise system." Fulbright feared that LBJ's unwise venture in Vietnam was endangering America's own republican institutions. Imperialism and re- publicanism were not compatible.
'If Fulbright's philosophy was rooted in the Anglophilia and class-consciousness of Arkansas's planting aristocracy, it grew also out of the mind-set of the southern highlanders who populated the Ozark mountains,"...