“We would easier believe the Constitution of the U.S. to be tainted than the New York Times,” enthused a newspaper. Mr. Buckley takes a look— and, upon deliberation, disagrees.
There are safe and not-so-safe ways to be heroic. The other day, the New York Times demonstrated its mastery of the art of kicking a midget in the groin and then staging a parade in honor of itself—a parade to which the little conformists around the country could be counted on to come, to cheer this their Caesar. Simultaneously, it was demonstrated once again that the road of industrious and relentless anti-Communism is treacherous and unrewarding. Senator Eastland (whose influence alongside that of the Times makes him the underdog in any contest between the two) found this out, once again.
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