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...confused, divided or uncertain, then the demonstrations and fury of a few can be taken as the will of the many. Even Abraham Lincoln, that most convinced of democrats, argued that all the people can be fooled (or confused) some of the time: it was democracy's long-run judgment that he would bet on. He lived in an age when rhetoric had not yet been debased. "Peace with honor" was invoked to justify the Christmas bombing of North Viet Nam; "commitment" has become a disputed phrase about what Richard Nixon did or did not promise Saigon. But surely...
...infinitely solvable" economic problems, he now sees himself as the sound-money "conscience" of the Government, repeating dire warnings that he knows few politicians want to hear. To a nation frightened by the deepest recession and highest unemployment since before Pearl Harbor, Simon insists that inflation is the greater long-run peril. To a Congress bent on cutting taxes and raising spending far more than the Administration wants, Simon endlessly preaches the dangers of overstimulation. His gloom seems excessive, but he is making some points worth heeding...
...found Professor Walzer's remarks on the need for a long-run U.S. presence in the Middle East rather curious, partly because he used the phrase "learn[ing] the right lessons from the Vietnam War." This is a variant of the phrase "learning the wrong lessons [from the Vietnam war]" which happened to be the title of an editorial by the new editors of The New Republic (Feb. 1st) in which a tortuous argument is offered in defense of the irresponsible proposal by Prof. Robert Tucker of Johns Hopkins University for a U.S. military seizure of the Arabian oilfields...
...long-run I hope to work for reform on a larger scale," says Eric Mandelbaum '78. "Now I'm doing what I feel I need to do. Besides, what would I say to my tutee...
...situation is bleak," Mayer said. Long-run measures he cited included an increased investment in agricultural improvement, which requires large amounts of capital. "I will feel confident when I see one tenth of the capital invested in armaments used for agricultural improvements," he said...