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Tradition: Who Needs It?

March/April 1997 Issue

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BIRD'S EYE
Tradition Works
By Karl Zinsmeister
Upholding time-tested traditional practices is humane - and practical.

SIDELIGHTS
News Scraps
Presidential kindling. Macho fish. The Maharaja Mac and the Momma Troll.

SCAN
Short news and commentary
Robert Bork vs. Charles Murray on rap. Nebraskans rein in a judge. Larry Flynt, enemy of free speech. Eating Herbie. Quiet revolution in school choice.The Calcium Crisis. Modern love. Christmas carolers.

"LIVE" WITH TAE
Wynton Marsalis and Stanley Crouch
Wynton Marsalis and Stanley Crouch are two of the most successful, forward-looking men in jazz-because they look backward, too.

TRANSCRIPT
Words Worth Repeating
By John D. Fonte
Citizenship should be taken seriously.

IN REAL LIFE
First-person America
• Farmer Blake Hurst swallows hard as his broker calls. • Mother Mary Eberstadt contemplates hiring a bodyguard. • Marine Brooks Tucker recalls chemical warfare in the Gulf.

ENTERPRISING
Let's Sell More U.S. Visas
By Kenneth Lee
Want to spur entrepreneurship? Start auctioning U.S. visas.

THE ECONOMIST
The Battle Over Correcting the Consumer Price Index
By David Reiffen
A response to folks who don't want to fix errors in the Consumer Price Index.

FLASHBACK
The Old-Fashioned Three-Day Weekend
By Bill Kauffman
That old-fashioned three-day weekend

BOOK TALK
Reviews of New Books
• Frederick Turner—The Case for Mars by Robert Zubrin with Richard Wagner• Philip Langdon—Home from Nowhere by James Howard Kunstler• Jesse Walker—Wilder Times: The Life of Billy Wilder by Kevin Lally• Clark Stooksbury—The Life of Nelson A. Rockefeller by Cary Reich• Jason W. A. Bertsch—The American Commonwealth by James Bryce

DIGEST
Summaries of Important New Research
Judging judges...the fire of invention...everyone's getting richer...African fascists.

OPINION PULSE
The Latest Survey Data
Welfare reform update. Taxing quesitons. TV ads. Life's little experiences.

Feature articles

Tradition and the Sexes
By Mary Elizabeth Podles, Leon Podles
Courtship and The Rules, and the Vital Tradition of Manhood

Manners Matter
By Judith Martin
Neither law nor barbarism can substitute for etiquette.

Why the Traditional Family Will Never Become Obsolete
Across time and place, Mom, Dad, and Jr. endure, while substitutes fail. Here's why.

Custom-Built Patriotism
By Bill Kauffman, Edward Ericson
Two Essays on Local Patriotism

Glimpses of a Traditionalist Counterculture
By Mayer Schiller
Can children still be raised to respect traditional virtues and faiths? A report from four schools.

Why Traditional Education Is More Progressive
By E. D. Hirsch
A political liberal argues that new-fangled teaching methods mainly hurt the needy.

Tradition in the Military
James Webb, a soldier-poet, defends military traditions from some dangerous opponents.

Winds of the Appalachians
By Ken Tomlinson
Sometimes one man can build a tradition: Bill Monroe did.

The Return of Old-Style Ballparks
By Curt Smith
At Camden Yards and elsewhere, tradition is riotously popular.

Classic Buildings in a Modern Age
By Allan Greenberg
Classical architecture speaks the language of free men, says this prominent designer.With a sidebar by Frederick Turner: Is classicism linked to fascism?

The Dead Poet
By Frederick Turner
A true-life clash between lethal modernism and classic art.

In Praise of Archaic Ritual
A daughter who can keep kosher can say no to anything, explains Michael Medved.Catholics are demanding the old Latin Mass, reports Kathleen Howley.

A Dead White European Male Comforts a 20th-Century Jew
By Gertrude Himmelfarb
Edmund Burke's convincing defense of ancient traditions, prejudices, and religions.

The Last Western Traditionalists
By Mark Steyn
If you're looking for respect for the past, forget Europe and go to America.

Who's Afraid of the Future
By Virginia Postrel
Four friends of liberty face the future without fear.