70 Year Magazine Archive

Books, Arts & Manners

by John R. Coyne Jr.

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Those who blink frequently, irritated by today’s ideological mote, may have missed it. But in the trend of its popular thought and culture, in social inclination and political preference, the decade of the Eighties has taken on a decidedly conservative cast.

It’s probably not pure enough for some of our more committed comrades. And this may be just as conservative as it gets. Nevertheless, it’s here, having blown in with Ronald Reagan and showing some signs of lingering into the Nineties and perhaps beyond.

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