The Study of Man: The Prospects of American Capitalism by Daniel Bell IT IS a striking cultural phenomenon, especially for anyone with a sharp memory of the 30's, that American capitalism has…
From the American Scene: New Deal Wake: Boston, Massachusetts by Hamlen Hunt THE young couple from Worcester walked down to the end of a corridor in the Boston Hotel Statler. Half a…
On the Horizon: Henry Adams’ Skeptic Faith in Democracy by Gertrude Himmelfarb HENRY ADAMS, who made a philosophy and a career out of his selfpublicized failure, was descended from the most illustrious…
The Study of Man: The Prospects of American Capitalism by Daniel Bell IT IS a striking cultural phenomenon, especially for anyone with a sharp memory of the 30's, that American capitalism has…
American History and American Historians, by H. Hale Bellot by Commentary Bk UNTIL near the beginning of this century, the major works of historical scholarship had been written by "gentlemen" with an…
Central Park by Howard Nemerov THE broad field darkens, but, still moving round So that they seem to hover off the ground, Children are following…
Children of Two Houses A Story by Elaine Gottlieb WHEN we were quite young, the separation of our mother and father did not strike more deeply at first than…
Eclipse of God, and At the Turning, by Martin Buber by Will Herberg THE addresses delivered by Martin Buber at the campuses he visited in the course of his recent American tour constituted…
Freedom or Authority in Group Life?Voluntary Agreements Work, Our Experience Teaches Us by Oscar Handlin IN THE heat of national conflict Americans have often found it useful to turn for insight to the lessons of…
From Main Street to Stockholm: Letters of Sinclair Lewis 1919-1930 by Irving Howe ANYONE who knew Sinclair Lewis only through these letters would suppose he was a dreary hack with the soul of…
How Totalitarians Gain Absolute Power:The Key: Casting out “Enemy Groups” from Society by Paul Kecskemeti NOW that we are past our first numbed reactions to the horrors of Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, an act…
J. P. Marquand, Esquire, by Philip Hamburger by Seymour Krim PHILIP HAMBURGER'S profile of J. P. Marquand first appeared in the New Yorker this past summer; in intention at least…
Realities behind British “Anti-Americanism”:The Minority Leading the National Pastime by T. R. Fyvel THE time was October 1952, the scene the densely packed conference hall of the British Labor party at Morecambe, in…
Report on Southern Africa, by Basil Davidson by G. F. Hudson SOUTH AFRICA is the paradise of the fellowtraveling Marxist-not, of course, to live in, 623 THE RUSSIAN MENACE TO EUROPE…
Terrors of Yoknapatawpha and Fairfield:As Reflected in Their Regional Fiction by Steven Marcus GENERALLY speaking, there are two kinds of stories being written in America today-Southern stories and Connecticut stories. These are more…
The Arabs, Israel, and Near East Defense:Our Government's still Unsettled Policy by Hal Lehrman HERE in Washington-and in the temples of United Nations brotherhood on New York's East Fortysecond Street-it has become a diplomatic…
The True Glory of the Maccabean Revolt:What Liberty was Fought For? by Theodor Gaster THOSE of us who have been brought up to believe that the Chanukah light is a brave candle shining in…
When the Red Army Liberated Pinsk:How Could We Know There Were Two Hamans? by Julius Margolin I. September 1939 WAR seemed unlikely to us in the summer of 1939. Thousands of people with no ties to…
