The Week

■ Sunshine Patriot, Anno Domini 1973: In a spirited recent letters exchange in the N.Y. Post over whether Madison Square Garden should omit the national anthem at future athletic events (black athletes have been refusing to stand at attention), the only correspondent in favor of God, Flag, and Country, signed his/her letter anonymously.

■ Since the assassination attempt last May, George Wallace has undergone six operations and is still hospitalized recovering from the last one. Recently Alabama publisher Harold Martin became the first to say what many had begun to think: Wallace is no longer capable of fulfilling the duties of governor. Martin, never a friend of the Governor, said that a “group of bickering parasites” was running the state in Wallace’s place. Reaction was predictable. Those close to Wallace called the charges hogwash, while his enemies praised Martin for his courage and wondered whether Wallace shouldn’t vacate the governorship. Wallace himself has no doubts. He has already met with his campaign workers to discuss his race in 1974.

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William F. Buckley Jr.

■ Sunshine Patriot, Anno Domini 1973: In a spirited recent letters exchange in the N.Y. Post over whether Madison Square Garden should omit the national anthem at future athletic events (black athletes have been refusing to stand at attention), the only correspondent in favor of God, Flag, and Country, signed his/her letter anonymously.

■ Since the assassination attempt last May, George Wallace has undergone six operations and is still hospitalized recovering from the last one. Recently Alabama publisher Harold Martin became the first to say what many had begun to think: Wallace is no longer capable of fulfilling the duties of governor. Martin, never a friend of the Governor, said that a “group of bickering parasites” was running the state in Wallace’s place. Reaction was predictable. Those close to Wallace called the charges hogwash, while his enemies praised Martin for his courage and wondered whether Wallace shouldn’t vacate the governorship. Wallace himself has no doubts. He has already met with his campaign workers to discuss his race in 1974.