Too Little, Too Late

ONE OF the distinguishing characteristics of American conservatism after World War II was its apocalyptic rhetoric. It summoned the citizenry to a struggle which if not joined would result in the triumph of Communism and the end of Western civilization. But as the Right began to enter the political mainstream, it was deemed impolite to portray our times as the “suicidal” West’s eleventh hour. Indeed, the victories of Nixon and later Reagan were taken as indications that the cause espoused by the 1950s national review had triumphed.

Meanwhile the past three decades have witnessed the increasing eclipse of our civilization and its standards on ever front. All mainstream churches are now in the hands of the Left. The main building blocks of society—schools, courts, media, the military, family—embrace the latest trendy lunacy. All the dogmas of the late Sixties, ranging from slovenly dress and manners to an amoral sexual ethic, dominate the way people are educated and live. Pockets of counterrevolution as they approach respectability must accept the givens of the system in order to be granted a public voice—witness the consistent dulling of the Christian Coalition’s message.

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Mayer Schiller

ONE OF the distinguishing characteristics of American conservatism after World War II was its apocalyptic rhetoric. It summoned the citizenry to a struggle which if not joined would result in the triumph of Communism and the end of Western civilization. But as the Right began to enter the political mainstream, it was deemed impolite to portray our times as the “suicidal” West’s eleventh hour. Indeed, the victories of Nixon and later Reagan were taken as indications that the cause espoused by the 1950s national review had triumphed.

Meanwhile the past three decades have witnessed the increasing eclipse of our civilization and its standards on ever front. All mainstream churches are now in the hands of the Left. The main building blocks of society—schools, courts, media, the military, family—embrace the latest trendy lunacy. All the dogmas of the late Sixties, ranging from slovenly dress and manners to an amoral sexual ethic, dominate the way people are educated and live. Pockets of counterrevolution as they approach respectability must accept the givens of the system in order to be granted a public voice—witness the consistent dulling of the Christian Coalition’s message.