Hootie vs. Hootie

It’s strange that Augusta National’s membership rolls should be such a big news story. Then too, it was strange that the 1948 presidential campaign should have been a big story—in December 2002. Who knows how these things come about?

Well, I do—certainly in the case of Augusta National. The campaign to force the storied club to accept women members is the handiwork of two persons, primarily: Martha Burk, “chair” (as she says) of a group called the National Council of Women’s Organizations, and Howell Raines, executive editor of the New York Times. Both have found a calling of sorts.

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Jay Nordlinger

Jay Nordlinger was a senior editor of National Review and a book fellow at National Review Institute.

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It’s strange that Augusta National’s membership rolls should be such a big news story. Then too, it was strange that the 1948 presidential campaign should have been a big story—in December 2002. Who knows how these things come about?

Well, I do—certainly in the case of Augusta National. The campaign to force the storied club to accept women members is the handiwork of two persons, primarily: Martha Burk, “chair” (as she says) of a group called the National Council of Women’s Organizations, and Howell Raines, executive editor of the New York Times. Both have found a calling of sorts.