Letter from a Whig, by George F. Will, THE AMERICAN SPECTATOR

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Letter from a Whig

by George F. Will

The American Spectator, February 1972, p. 11

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Issues of the 1970s = 9 Years, 77 Issues, 1,558 Articles
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  Issues of 1971 = 7 Issues, 134 Articles
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  Issues of 1972 = 9 Issues, 155 Articles
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    January 1972 Issue = 16 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, p. 2
    2. Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 3
    3. Letter from a Whig by George F. Will, p. 4
    4. Who Shot Down The Game Plan by Yale Brozen, pp. 5-7
    5. Guilt: Is It Hereditary?, pp. 8-9
    6. The Nation's Pulse by Marshall Jay, p. 10
    7. Another Modest Proposal by Johnathan Quick, p. 11
    8. What Makes Scoop Jackson Run by P.S. Burton, pp. 12-13
    9. Natural Foods vs. the Synthetic A Priori by Gary North, pp. 14-15
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      1. Agnew: The Unexamined Man by Robert Marsh
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      1. Memoirs of a Superfluous Man by Albert Jay Nock
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      1. The Politics of Disorder by Theodore J. Lowi
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      1. The Hidden Life of Emily Dickinson by John Evangelist Walsh
    14. Correspondence, p. 20
    15. The Bookblack Stand, p. 21
    16. Brayings from the Barnyard by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 22-24
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    February 1972 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, p. 2
    2. Editorial I by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 3
    3. The Nation's Pulse by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 4
    4. The Function of Criticism at the Present Time by Roger Rosenblatt, pp. 5-7
    5. Fish Story by Joseph A. Morris, p. 8
    6. The Emerging Trucial Omanese Super-sheikdoms, p. 9
    7. Some 'Youth Meetings' The Media Ignores by Baron Von Kannon, p. 10
    8. Letter from a Whig by George F. Will, p. 11
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      1. Beyond Freedom and Dignity by B.F. Skinner
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      Review The Politics of Authenticity, by Marshall Berman by W. Wesley McDonald, p. 13 - 1 Review
      1. The Politics of Authenticity by Marshall Berman
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      1. The Rise and Fall of T. D. Lysenko by Zhores A. Medvedev
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      Review The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower, by C... by Robert Bartley, p. 15 - 1 Review
      1. The Life and Times of Horatio Hornblower by C. Northcote Parkinson
    13. Correspondence, p. 16
    14. --- by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., pp. 16-17
    15. Editorial II by Terry Krieger, pp. 18-20
    16. The Bootblack Stand, p. 21
    17. Brayings from the Barnyard by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 22-24
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    March 1972 Issue = 15 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, p. 2
    2. Editorial, p. 3
    3. Letter from a Whig by George F. Will, p. 4
    4. A Soft-hearted Defense of Capitalism by Michael Clurman, pp. 5-7
    5. In Defense of the Free Market by David E. Lindsey, p. 8
    6. A New Verdict For Welfare by Ralph Harris and Arthur Seldon, p. 9
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      Review Down With the Poor, by Rhodes Boyson by William Styring, pp. 10-11 - 1 Review
      1. Down With the Poor by Rhodes Boyson
    8. The Nation's Pulse by Marshall Jay, p. 12
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      Review Men, Ideas and Politics, by Peter F. Drucker by George F. Will, p. 13 - 1 Review
      1. Men, Ideas and Politics by Peter F. Drucker
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      Review Population Economics, by Joseph John Spengler by Brent Nelson, p. 13 - 1 Review
      1. Population Economics by Joseph John Spengler
    11. Is the System Bad? by E.C. Pasour, pp. 14-17
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      Review The Degradation of the Academic Dogma, by Robe... by Gary North, p. 18 - 1 Review
      1. The Degradation of the Academic Dogma by Robert A. Nisbet
    13. The Bootblack Stand, p. 19
    14. Correspondence, pp. 20-21
    15. Brayings from the Barnyard by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 22-24
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    April 1972 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, p. 2
    2. John Lindsay---Prettiness in Politics by John Moscow, p. 3
    3. Professionalism vs. Student Power by Dr. Edward A. Hacker, p. 4
    4. A Memo to the Ripon Society by Peter P. Witonski, p. 5
    5. What Is Socialism and Will It Work? by Tom Milstein, pp. 6-9
    6. Palmists and Scholarship by Dan Joy, pp. 10-11
    7. In Defense of the Sawbone by Dr. John D. King, M.D., p. 12
    8. You Won't Have Civilization to Kick Around Anymore by R. Frederick Docksai, pp. 13-14
    9. Letter from a Whig by George F. Will, p. 15
    10. In the Public Interest by George Charles Roche, III, p. 15
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      Review Communist China, 1949-1968, by Frank N. Trager... by Douglas W. Cooper, p. 16 - 1 Review
      1. Communist China, 1949-1968 by Frank N. Trager and William Henderson
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      Review The Basic Symbols of the American Political Tr... by John P. East, p. 17 - 1 Review
      1. The Basic Symbols of the American Political Tradition by Willmoore Kendall and George W. Carey
    13. [+]
      Review The American Theatre, 1969-1970, by David Brudnoy, p. 18 - 1 Review
      1. The American Theatre, 1969-1970
    14. The Bootblack Stand, p. 19
    15. [+]
      Review A Clockwork Orange (1971 Film), by Stanley Kub... by Kevin S. Olson, p. 20 - 1 Review
      1. A Clockwork Orange (1971 Film) by Stanley Kubrick
    16. Correspondence, p. 21
    17. A Note from the Provinces by Jerry Gerde, p. 21
    18. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 22-24
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    May 1972 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. Continuing Crisis, p. 2
    2. Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 3
    3. Let a Thousand Harvards Bloom by John Kelley, p. 4
    4. Notes on Social Declension by Jeffrey M. Nelson, pp. 5-6
    5. Taiwan by Allan C. Brownfeld, p. 7
    6. Nixon and Mao by Eric Brodin, pp. 8-9
    7. Nixon and-or Mussolini by George McCarter, pp. 10-11
    8. Letter from a Whig by George F. Will, p. 12
    9. Centrist Nixon, Centrist Nation by John R. Coyne, Jr., pp. 12-13
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      Review T. S. Eliot: A Memoir, by Robert Sencourt and ... by W. Wesley McDonald, p. 14 - 1 Review
      1. T. S. Eliot: A Memoir by Robert Sencourt and Donald Adamson
    11. The Desultory State of Contemporary Music by Bud Folsom, p. 15
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      Review This Great Game, by Jacques Barzun by George F. Will, p. 16 - 1 Review
      1. This Great Game by Jacques Barzun
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      Review Agrarian Policies and Problems in Communist an... by Gerhart Niemeyer, pp. 17-18 - 1 Review
      1. Agrarian Policies and Problems in Communist and Non-Communist Countries by W.A. Douglas Jackson
    14. Correspondence, p. 19
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      Review H.L. Mencken, by Douglas C. Stenerson by Betty Adler, pp. 19-20 - 1 Review
      1. H.L. Mencken by Douglas C. Stenerson
    16. Bootblack Stand, p. 21
    17. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 22-24
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    June 1972 Issue = 19 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, p. 2
    2. Editorial I by Terry Krieger, p. 3
    3. Editorial II by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 4
    4. Irving Kristol and the Public Interest Crowd by Robert Bartley, p. 5
    5. Kristol and the New York Intellectual Establishment by Nathan Glazer, p. 6
    6. Re by William F. Buckley, Jr., p. 7
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      Review On the Democratic Idea in America, by Irving K... by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 8 - 1 Review
      1. On the Democratic Idea in America by Irving Kristol
    8. Letter from a Whig by George F. Will, p. 9
    9. A Former Chief Justice Speaks Out by George W. Carey, pp. 10-11
    10. The Uses of Nooses by George F. Will, p. 12
    11. To Nationalize the Rails by Thomas G. Moore, p. 13
    12. Frank Meyer, RIP by Jameson G. Campaigne, Jr., p. 14
    13. The Voice We'll Always Hear by John R. Coyne, Jr., p. 15
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      4 Reviews The Uses of the Present, by Leonard Wolf by Roger Rosenblatt, pp. 16-17 - 4 Reviews
      1. The Uses of the Present by Leonard Wolf
      2. Munching on Existence by Robert Gliner and R.A. Raines
      3. The American Experience by Harold Jaffe and John Tytell
      4. The Radical Vision by Leo Hamalian and Frederick R. Karl
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      Review Sometimes a Great Notion (1971 Film), by Paul ... by Gary North, p. 18 - 1 Review
      1. Sometimes a Great Notion (1971 Film) by Paul Newman
    16. Machiavellian Novelists by Wick Allison, pp. 19-20
    17. Bootblack Stand, pp. 21-22
    18. Correspondence, pp. 23-25
    19. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 26-28
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    October 1972 Issue = 17 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, p. 2
    2. Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 3
    3. The Public Discourse by Paul H. Weaver, p. 4
    4. McGovern's Muddled Economics by Alan Reynolds, pp. 5-6
    5. A Rhineland Fantasy by Jacqueline R. Kasun, pp. 7-8
    6. Letter From a Whig by Bascom C. Slemp, p. 9
    7. Why Ontological Film Books? by Alan Weinblatt, pp. 10-12
    8. The Greening of the Democratic Party by Kevin S. Olson, pp. 13-14
    9. The Great American Column by Roger Rosenblatt, p. 15
    10. How Green Grows my America by David Brudnoy, pp. 16-18
    11. Dateline---Mont Pelerin by Eric Brodin, p. 19
    12. Notes Toward an Understanding by David Osterfeld, pp. 20-22
    13. Correspondence, p. 23
    14. [+]
      Review Hazardous to Your Health, by Marvin H. Edwards by George C. Roche, III, p. 24 - 1 Review
      1. Hazardous to Your Health by Marvin H. Edwards
    15. The Bootblack Stand, p. 25
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      2 Reviews The New Totalitarians, by Roland Huntford by Kenneth Paul Shorey, p. 25 - 2 Reviews
      1. The New Totalitarians by Roland Huntford
      2. Bombs, Beards, and Barricades by Anthony Esler
    17. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 26-28
  8. [+]
    November 1972 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, p. 2
    2. Editorial I by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 3
    3. Editorial II by Terry Krieger and R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 4
    4. The Aftermath of SALT by William Schneider, Jr., pp. 5-6
    5. Diary of a Mad Lover by John Avey, p. 7
    6. Politics as a Side Show by William Kristol, p. 8
    7. Network Coverage of the Democratic Presidential Candidates by James R. Ferguson, pp. 8-9
    8. A Note on the Newsworthiness of Television News by James R. Ferguson, p. 10
    9. The Networks' Views of the Campaign by Marc Plattner, pp. 11-13
    10. An Interview with Edith Efron, pp. 14-15
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      Review The News Twisters, by Edith Efron by Miro Todorovich, p. 16 - 1 Review
      1. The News Twisters by Edith Efron
    12. The Public Discourse by Paul H. Weaver, p. 17
    13. The Great American Column by Roger Rosenblatt, pp. 18-19
    14. [+]
      The Language of Movies by John Ashmead, pp. 20-21 - 1 Review
      1. A Clockwork Orange (1971 Film) by Stanley Kubrick
    15. The Bootblack Stand, p. 22
    16. Letter From a Whig by C. Bascom Slemp, p. 23
    17. Black Mischief by David Brudnoy, pp. 23-25
    18. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 26-28
  9. [+]
    December 1972 Issue = 18 Articles
    1. The Continuing Crisis, p. 2
    2. Editorial by R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr., p. 3
    3. The Great American Column by Roger Rosenblatt, p. 4
    4. Lessons of an Election Year by Joseph Morris, p. 5
    5. In Defense of Freedom by Haven Bradford Gow, p. 6
    6. Nixon and Realignment by Jeffrey Bell, p. 7
    7. Contributors, p. 8
    8. Deficits, Controls, and Unflation by Alan Reynolds, pp. 9-10
    9. A National Security Agenda for the Second Nixon Administration by William Schneider, Jr., p. 11
    10. Tory Socialists and the Second American Revolution by Tom Taggert, pp. 12-15
    11. Hope for Sweden? by Eric Brodin, pp. 16-17
    12. Correspondence, p. 18
    13. [+]
      Review Eliot and His Age, by Russell Kirk by W. Wesley McDonald, pp. 19-20 - 1 Review
      1. Eliot and His Age by Russell Kirk
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      Review The Impudent Snobs, by John R. Coyne, Jr. by Ronald F. Docksai, p. 21 - 1 Review
      1. The Impudent Snobs by John R. Coyne, Jr.
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      1. Things To Come by Herman Kahn and Barry Bruce-Briggs
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      Man vs. Nature; Man vs. Maleness by David Brudnoy, p. 23 - 1 Review
      1. Deliverance (1972 Film) by John Boorman
    17. The Bootblack Stand, pp. 24-25
    18. Current Wisdom by Assorted Jackasses, pp. 26-28
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