The American 80’s: Disaster or Triumph? by William Phillips The 80's are more and more coming to be characterized by journalists, historians, and intellectuals as a costly if not…
American Jews and Israel – A Symposium by Lionel Abel, Robert Alter, Daniel Bell, Eric M. Breindel, Joel Carmichael, Paul Cowan, Werner J. Dannhauser, Midge Decter, Maurice Friedberg, Murray Friedman, Nathan Glazer, Irving Greenberg, Ben Halpern, Mark Helprin, Milton Himmelfarb, Erich Isaac, Rael Isaac, H. J. Kaplan, Hilton Kramer, Edward N. Luttwak, Michael A. Meyer, Jacob Neusner, William Phillips, Daniel.Pipes, Richard Pipes, Dennis Prager, Earl Raab, Eugene V. Rostow, Jonathan D. Sarna, Peter Shaw, Seymour Siegel, David Singer, Max Singer, Steven L. Spiegel, Roger Starr and Marie Syrkin Never, perhaps, has criticism of the state of Israel by American Jews been so open, so widespread, and so bitter…
How “Partisan Review” Began by William Phillips Partisan Review was born in the 30's in the decade that we look back on today with so much curiosity,…
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…
A Season in the Stands by William Phillips Football is not only the most popular sport, it is the most intellectual one. It is in fact, the intellectuals'…
In Cold Blood, by Truman Capote by William Phillips Truman Capote's In Cold Blood is a cross between a detective story and a crime documentary. It cannot be considered…
The New Radicalism in America, by Christopher Lasch by William Phillips Because he sees radicalism as the occupational disease of the intellectuals, Christopher Lasch transforms it into a cultural phenomenon, cut…
The New Immoralists by William Phillips A specter is haunting modern literature, the specter of avant-garde homosexuality. Some people are thrilled, others frightened, by the morbid…
What Happened in the 30’s by William Phillips FOR THE LAST two decades Almost everyone has been trying to forget what happened in the 30's; now, suddenly, everyone…
On the Horizon: Men and History by William Phillips "DR. ZHIVAGO," by Boris Pasternak, the work of a remarkable unpolitical writer who somehow managed to survive Russian history, and…
The Success of Faith:Or is it the Faith of Success? by William Phillips Every period has an ideal—and a scapegoat which it holds responsible for the failure to attain its ideal.
A French Lady on the Dark Continent:Simone de Beauvoir’s Impressions of America by William Phillips Since the defeat of Hitler, there has been a worldwide contest to choose the new Enemy Number One, and the…