If The Newspapers Of A Country Are

The Soviet Union Came Apart Along Ethnic Lines. The Most Important Factor In This Breakup Was The Disinclination Of Slavic Ukraine To Continue Under A Regime Dominated By Slavic Russia. Yugoslavia Came Apart Also, Beginning With A Brutal Clash Between Serbia And Croatia, Here Again 'nations' With Only The Smallest Differences In Genealogy; With, Indeed, Practically A Common Language. Ethnic Conflict Does Not Require Great Differences; Small Will Do.

The Liberal Left Can Be As Rigid And Destructive As Any Force In American Life.

We Have The Right To Our Own Opinions, But Not Our Own Facts.

The Atmosphere In Which Social Legislation Is Considered Is Not A Friend Of Truth.

A Commonplace Of Political Rhetoric Has It That The Quality Of A Civilization May Be Measured By How It Cares For Its Elderly. Just As Surely, The Future Of A Society May Be Forecast By How It Cares For Its Young.