… in which the Left now finds itself. World-historic events compel a reassessment of first principles as well as … to acknowledge their ancient guilts. As Genovese points out, Martin Luther King, Jr.’s vision of the … E. Lee (then a college president) penned shortly before he died: “My experience of men has neither disposed me to think …
… skill As showed me life must show me death. “I would not die so willingly Young as I am, and fair, and sweet, Did death not come so properly, Inevitable, sure, and meet. I take it at … blame you with my dying word. I sink beneath your hands and die, And send my soul into a bird. “Lover, if you should …
VQR Vault
… Depression and on the brink of World War II. Roosevelt points to mentalities of paranoia and fear, to some … Americans’ default to calling those they disagreed with “Communists” and “radicals,” and calls for a return to moral courage and democratic …
… Memoirs of David Lloyd George. Boston: Little, Brown and Company. Volumes I and II (1914-1916). $8.00. Ask any … son of a distinguished father; to Grey, who embodied the aristocratic Whig tradition in politics; or to … the War (December, 1916), when it seemed that a decision on points was the most either side could hope for, he rallied …
Poetry
New York, I Loved You I loved you, New York. The way, at first, Tina loved Ike, loved even the winged Effort of his anger, loved his punch-drunk backhand in flight, Loved even the Staten Island of him, his absurd cost Of living, his paper bag-Thunderbird …
Criticism
… America are devoid of substance, mandating consumption and commercial extravaganzas. For instance, not only have the … with Jesus: Dispatches from America’s Class War ), who died in 2011, here is a bit from his mini-autobiography : … and considers their implications for everyday life. It points to a new vision of what society could become-one that …