Dark Horses

With the passing of Richard Weaver and Donald Davidson, it appeared that the Southern agrarian tradition in American discourse had lost its last remaining political—as opposed to strictly literary—spokesmen.

Happily, this is not the case. In A Better Guide than Reason (Sherwood Sugden & Co., 1117 Eighth Street, La Salle, Ill. 61301; $4.95), Professor M. E. Bradford of the University of Dallas proves himself a worthy successor to the authors of I’ll Take My Stand and their associates. Like them he is a professional man of letters; like them also, he comes by way of this pursuit to a profound concern for local liberty, limited government, and the sense of rootedness in place and history that are the leading features of the South.

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M. Stanton Evans

With the passing of Richard Weaver and Donald Davidson, it appeared that the Southern agrarian tradition in American discourse had lost its last remaining political—as opposed to strictly literary—spokesmen.

Happily, this is not the case. In A Better Guide than Reason (Sherwood Sugden & Co., 1117 Eighth Street, La Salle, Ill. 61301; $4.95), Professor M. E. Bradford of the University of Dallas proves himself a worthy successor to the authors of I’ll Take My Stand and their associates. Like them he is a professional man of letters; like them also, he comes by way of this pursuit to a profound concern for local liberty, limited government, and the sense of rootedness in place and history that are the leading features of the South.