Who is a conservative in American politics today
A 1975 essay questions who counts as conservative across Reagan, Ford, Brown, Dukakis, Wallace, Nixon. It explores conservatism’s scope on budgets, welfare, foreign policy, original sin, and the clash between intellectual and popular conservatism, pondering who truly fits the label.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald Reagan
Gerald Ford
California
Reagan
Jerry Brown
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Robert Taft
Ohio
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen. Taft
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Europe
Party of Order
Edmund Burke
Walter Bagehot
Michael Dukakis
George Wallace
Richard Nixon
Refugee burden debate spans leaders and past wars
A critique of U.S. refugee policy links Vietnam War guilt to aid for orphans, urging decisive action. It cites Rusk, Rostow, Bundy, McNamara, Spellman, Goldwater and Ford, arguing relief costs less than ongoing war and calling for Rooseveltian resolve to resettle refugees despite political hurdles. Gen Ky's wartime career is noted amid the broader refugee discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McGeorge Bundy
J.F.K
L.B.J
Fifth Avenue
Robert McNamara
Georgetown
Cardinal Spellman
Barry Goldwater
Vietnam
Arizona
California
Florida
Arkansas
Edmund Brown
Seattle
Ford
United States
Congress
Roosevelt
Bennington items show leadership changes and local plans
Frank A Morgan of Buinngton arrives in Bennington Friday to succeed Jesse T Watson as motor vehicle inspector. The Bennington Chamber backs a plan for a federal recreation park near Searles crossing on Francis M Wilson property in Pownal. Jacques Bonandi will reopen Catamount Tavern at Old Bennington about June 15 as a high class restaurant. Edward Knapp of North Bennington marks his 80th birthday May 15 while continuing nursery work. Mail delays due to new carrier schedules. Equinox Skyline Drive hosts a Sports Car Club of America auto race on Sunday. Town committee advances a town manager form for a consolidated government. Superintendent Neil S Cross proposes separating grades 7-9 from 10-12. Manchester firefighters seek 25,000 for a new firehouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacques Bonandi
New York
Old Bennington
Manchester
Sports Car Club of America
More rain in Spain by Melvin Maddocks and others
A Boston column analyzes Anglo American linguistic clashes sparked by an Encounter symposium. It cites Ian Ball's mild examples of Amerenglish and reactions from Robert Conquest and Honor Tracy. The piece argues the conflict is cultural, not linguistic, and warns language uncertainty mirrors broader identity doubt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Shaw
England
United States
Encounter
Melvin J. Lasky
New York
Ian Ball
Shaw
London
Ball
Robert Conquest
Honor Tracy
BBC
Academy
D. J. Enright
Dover Beach
Milestones in U S government and politics
In 1862 Congress creates the Department of Agriculture. In 1918 the first regular Air Mail service links Washington Philadelphia and New York. In 1969 Justice Abe Fortas resigns amid controversy over a lifetime money deal with Louis Wolfson. In 1972 Governor George Wallace is shot and critically wounded at a Laurel Maryland rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Department of Agriculture
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Abe Fortas
Louis Wolfson
United States Supreme Court
Alabama
George Wallace
Laurel
Why so little money for career education
The House committee backed a 6.8 billion education bill with only 10 million for career education, a minuscule share next to hundreds of millions for impacted districts and library resources. The piece urges White House leadership, reallocation, and stronger work school cooperation to broaden career exploration and prevent an all academic curriculum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
Ford
Nixon
White House
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph Harsch
National Review
Buckley Family
American Conservatism
M.E. Bradford
Dallas
Wallace
America
Christian Science Publishing Society
George G. Connelly
Annapolis, Md
Trang Bang
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Johnson
Athens
Georgia
Lt. Calley
Walt Rostow
University Town
Austin
Texas
Cambodia
Korea
David Reisman
CIA
State Department
Nguyen Cao Ky
South Vietnam
Blue Ridge
Manila
Hanoi
France
Maxwell Field
Japan
National Press Club
Sen. McGovern
Brian Moynahan
Kissinger
Hitler
Frank A. Morgan
Buinngton
Bennington
Jesse T. Watson
The
Bennington Chamber of Commerce
Pownal
Searles Crossing
Francis M. Wilson
Edward Knapp
North Bennington
Post Office Department
Neil S. Cross
Bennington-Rutland Supervisory Union
Arlington
Spain
By Melvin Maddocks
Boston
Hugh Brogan
Byron
Brogan
Atlantic
Pygmalion
Nancy Mitford
Christian Science Monitor
Wall Street Journal
Saab
Ingeyers Saab
Twit
Caaq
Bennington Ford
Main Street
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