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...Republican I enjoyed your Essay [Oct. 22]. Party unity has always been the greatest pitfall of the Republican Party. The socialist and Communist parties siphon off the crackpots of the left wing, leaving the Democratic Party nearer the center. On the right, there is no haven for extremists. When the Republican Party seeks to accommodate all, it succeeds only in pulling itself away from the political center. We can never have a valid two-party system until Republicans realize that unity in the pursuit of victory is no virtue...
...your Essay you attribute to me the statement that the party might do better to exorcise its "left side." Would you tell me when I said that, where, and in what language, because the statement is taken out of context. I was referring to the need for the Republican Party to attack the radical left of the Democrats responsible for 1) burning draft cards, 2) demonstrations against foreign policy, 3) group research in Washington, etc. Isn't it time some accuracy crept into your writing...
...sees and works with the U.S. Department of State in the field, I enjoyed your Essay [Oct. 15]. But I was disturbed by your complimentary reference to Ambassador Attwood. Much more publicity of that nature, accurate as it is, could result in our losing him to a higher post. That would be a serious blow...
...Place to Be." In an essay called Thursday's Child, William Hamilton of Colgate Rochester argues that the theologian today has neither faith nor hope; only love is left to him. Perhaps the most ethics-minded of these thinkers, Hamilton, 41, concludes that awareness of God's death summons man all the more to follow Jesus as the exemplar and paradigm of conduct- which, for today, means total commitment to the love and service of his fellow...
...didn't make big news in the conventional sense last week any more than did the State Department. But Washington's conduct of foreign affairs-and the conduct and competence of U.S. ambassadors-is more important than ever, as is made clear in this week's Essay on the intricate and much-maligned institution known as Foggy Bottom...