Publications
On His Mind
George Weigel
When A. M. Rosenthal retired some months back as executive editor of the New York Times, William F. Buckley, Jr.’s…
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Syndicated Column / July 1, 1987
The Moral Case for Democracy
George Weigel
As noted in the May/June 1987 issue of AMERICAN PURPOSE, a grant to the James Madison Foundation from the United…
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Syndicated Column / July 1, 1987
In Brief
George Weigel
Dr. Anatoly Koryagin, the psychiatrist released from the gulag several months ago, is what North African Christianity in the third…
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Syndicated Column / July 1, 1987
Idealism Without Illusions
George Weigel
Shortly before they were married, or so the story goes, Jacqueline Bouvier asked Senator John F. Kennedy how he would…
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Syndicated Column / May 1, 1987
Nuclear Denial
George Weigel
Psychologists call it the “Stockholm syndrome, “after the hostages in a Swedish bank robbery some years ago who began, over…
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Syndicated Column / May 1, 1987
Stubborn, Those Americans
George Weigel
Speaking of “Amerika,” and we promise that this is absolutely the last time we’ll speak of “Amerika,” were Dr. John…
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Syndicated Column / May 1, 1987
Ethics, War, and Peace
George Weigel
At its November 1986 meeting, the Board of Directors of the United States Institute of Peace awarded a grant of…
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Syndicated Column / May 1, 1987
Madison Senior Fellowships
George Weigel
The James Madison Foundation’s two senior fellows, Joshua Muravchik and David Satter, are both at work on projects that we…
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Syndicated Column / May 1, 1987
On Keeping Your Head
George Weigel
Your editor remembers that his seventh-grade teacher, Sister George Mary, was a fanatic for memorization who required that “If” be…
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Syndicated Column / May 1, 1987
In Brief
George Weigel
Democracy requires that some people, at least, stand back from the immediate controversies of public life in order to set…
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Syndicated Column / May 1, 1987
The Chroniclers
George Weigel
You won’t see it offered for discount sale by Publishers Clearing House. You may not even be able to find…
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Syndicated Column / March 1, 1987