Principles and Heresies

If my contacts and conversations are at all typical, the American conservative community is profoundly concerned with the direction of the Nixon Administration and deeply disturbed as to the course responsible conservatives should take now and in the immediate future.

The bill of particulars in criticism of the Administration is long and circumstantial. But first, on the positive side. Nixon’s handling of the Vietnam war, considering the limitations under which he is operating, is almost universally approved. His nominations for the Supreme Court have been favorably received (although some small doubt has crept in even here, after Burger and Blackmun’s support of busing in the South).

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Frank S. Meyer

Frank S. Meyer was a senior editor of National Review.

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If my contacts and conversations are at all typical, the American conservative community is profoundly concerned with the direction of the Nixon Administration and deeply disturbed as to the course responsible conservatives should take now and in the immediate future.

The bill of particulars in criticism of the Administration is long and circumstantial. But first, on the positive side. Nixon’s handling of the Vietnam war, considering the limitations under which he is operating, is almost universally approved. His nominations for the Supreme Court have been favorably received (although some small doubt has crept in even here, after Burger and Blackmun’s support of busing in the South).