The Networks vs. the Recovery by Paul H. Weaver In the summer of 1981, some six months after Ronald Reagan took office, the U.S. economy stopped growing and began…
Do the American People Know What They Want? by Paul H. Weaver When President Carter announced his proposals for reforming welfare policy last summer in Plains, reporters were quick to take note…
Big Story, by Peter Braestrup by Paul H. Weaver This study of how the national press covered the Tet offensive sprawls through two weighty volumes and contains 41 appendixes,…
What Is a Liberal-Who Is a Conservative? A Symposium by Lionel Abel, Jervis Anderson, William Barrett, David T. Bazelon, Pearl K. Bell, Ronald Berman, Norman Birnbaum, Joseph W. Bishop, Midge Decter, Edward Jay Epstein, Charles Frankel, Carl Gershman, Nathan Glazer, Eric F. Goldman, Walter Goodman, Sidney Hook, H. Stuart Hughes, Alfred Kazin, Jeane Kirkpatrick, Robert Lekachman, Carey McWilliams, Martin Mayer, Michael Novak, William Phillips, Earl Raab, Diane Ravitch, Harold Rosenberg, Richard H. Rovere, Bayard Rustin, Thomas Sowell, Roger Starr, Ben J. Wattenberg, Paul H. Weaver, James Q. Wilson, Peter P. Witonski, C. Vann Woodward and Dennis H. Wrong Commentary recently asked a group of 64 intellectuals: Are you satisfied with the way terms like liberal and conservative, or…
Liberals & the Presidency by Paul H. Weaver Among the many reversals of ideological role that have taken place in American politics in recent years, perhaps the most…
Choosing Our King, by Michael Novak by Paul H. Weaver In 1970 Michael Novak went on leave from his academic post as professor of philosophy and religious studies at Old…