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Senator Moynihan accuses us of slowly pulling out of the United Nations, and warns that it will “self-destruct” if we do, which is why we should, in which regard the Birchers were twenty years ahead of their time, and yet we still dawdle.

Go away Rehnquist and Scalia, the current big fight is over the post of, hold your breath, U.S. Archivist. Can you, quick, quick, name the last U.S. Archivist? Of course not. But the current Reagan nominee, an intelligent and decent chap to the inexperienced gaze, is, unfortunately, a sinner. It doesn’t matter that John Agresto has a PhD from Cornell, that he has taught at major universities, that he has published extensively on American history, or that he has performed admirably as acting chairman at the NEH. What matters is that he has a principled objection to reverse discrimination and racial and gender quotas. The NAACP and the other usual suspects are out to block him. The New York Times has actually editorialized against him. Liberal viciousness knows no bounds, and Ted Kennedy doubtless will be heard from on this one. But Agresto is probably going to be U.S. Archivist, and the Republic will survive.

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Senator Moynihan accuses us of slowly pulling out of the United Nations, and warns that it will “self-destruct” if we do, which is why we should, in which regard the Birchers were twenty years ahead of their time, and yet we still dawdle.

Go away Rehnquist and Scalia, the current big fight is over the post of, hold your breath, U.S. Archivist. Can you, quick, quick, name the last U.S. Archivist? Of course not. But the current Reagan nominee, an intelligent and decent chap to the inexperienced gaze, is, unfortunately, a sinner. It doesn’t matter that John Agresto has a PhD from Cornell, that he has taught at major universities, that he has published extensively on American history, or that he has performed admirably as acting chairman at the NEH. What matters is that he has a principled objection to reverse discrimination and racial and gender quotas. The NAACP and the other usual suspects are out to block him. The New York Times has actually editorialized against him. Liberal viciousness knows no bounds, and Ted Kennedy doubtless will be heard from on this one. But Agresto is probably going to be U.S. Archivist, and the Republic will survive.