Reagan's Contempt History
by David Bromwich
by David Bromwich
Bitburg, Germany, 1945; Managua, Nicaragua, 1985. The two appear to be so far apart that no occurrence could possibly bring them together. But in March and April, 1985, Ronald Reagan asked himself a q...
Literary Radicalism in America
by David Bromwich
by David Bromwich
Left-wing literary people talk more these days about criticism than about fiction or poetry or plays. The statement sounds too flat to be true, and it is fair to ask what "left-wing" signifies in the ...
Our Outrages in Nicaragua
by David Bromwich
by David Bromwich
Smuggle a thousand rifles, submachine guns, and grenade launchers into the 20 largest American cities, distribute them among known criminals, excops,
the hard core of left- and right-wing lunatic sec...
Reagan's Contempt for History
by David Bromwich
by David Bromwich
Bitburg, Germany, 1945; Managua, Nicaragua, 1985. The two appear to be so far apart that no occurrence could possibly bring them together. But in March and April, 1985, Ronald Reagan asked himself a q...
Mr. Kristol Enlightens the Europeans
by David Bromwich
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by David Bromwich
The March 1985 Encounter features an address to Western Europe by Irving Kristol. A warning in three parts, with the logical structure of a syllogism
backed by a gun, Kristol's article is entitled "A...
The President and the Vigilantes
by David Bromwich
by David Bromwich
PROBABLY THE speeches President Obama has scheduled next week will come off as planned. On Tuesday, he is set to address schoolchildren on TV in the nation's classrooms. Some parents, dreading a subli...
The Day After: Overwhelming
by David Bromwich (online)
Keywords: The Day After
by David Bromwich (online)
WHO WOULD pretend not to be overwhelmed? In the world of ordinary politics, of actions planned and executed in the normal system, there is nothing to compare it to.
Since 1968, the Republican Party...
Keywords: The Day After
Too Many Children Left Behind
by David Bromwich
by David Bromwich
Amy Goodman's weekday 60-minute news broadcast at democracynow.org performs a civic function no other show has filled since the early days of National Public Radio. "Democracy Now" has replaced NPR's ...



















