Notes on a Fifth Birthday

Being a few informal notes by a harassed managing editor onsome of the travails of National Review’s First Five-Year Plan.

On an Indian summer day in 1955, our sleek blue and white cruiser sailed into battle, captain and crew aboard, banners flying, seacocks wide open. But mirabile dictu (as four out of five of the editors say at every conceivable opportunity), we are still afloat.

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Being a few informal notes by a harassed managing editor onsome of the travails of National Review’s First Five-Year Plan.

On an Indian summer day in 1955, our sleek blue and white cruiser sailed into battle, captain and crew aboard, banners flying, seacocks wide open. But mirabile dictu (as four out of five of the editors say at every conceivable opportunity), we are still afloat.