Dear Mr. President

The following memorandum was not leaked tomebya White House source. It was not written by an influential presidential advisor. It does not even necessarily represent the thinking at the highest levels of the Carter Administration. But it ain’t chopped chicken liver, either. The White House today is brimful of former liberals, thoroughly abashed, many of whom have just passed through the little town of Neoconservative in a high-speed chase to the outskirts of Hard Right. Much of what they are telling the President goes something like this:

Dear Mr. President:

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Neal B. Freeman

Neal B. Freeman, businessman and journalist, was a director of National Review Inc. for 38 years.

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The following memorandum was not leaked tomebya White House source. It was not written by an influential presidential advisor. It does not even necessarily represent the thinking at the highest levels of the Carter Administration. But it ain’t chopped chicken liver, either. The White House today is brimful of former liberals, thoroughly abashed, many of whom have just passed through the little town of Neoconservative in a high-speed chase to the outskirts of Hard Right. Much of what they are telling the President goes something like this:

Dear Mr. President: