Two Conventions

ON THE RIGHT

The National Students Association has met again at Madison, Wisconsin in order to renew its habitual demands that the United States accelerate its march toward socialism at home, and neutralism abroad. Specifically, the Convention ruled that the United States owes a) a better living to every American student, b) more toleration to American (and for that matter, foreign) Communists, and c) an apology to the Dominican Republic—for saving their country from the Communists. The headline issue was the support the Convention gave to the Berkeley sit-ins of last December. These were officially classified as “legitimate and responsible” on the grounds that the normal channels of redress had been exhausted. As of this writing, the Convention has yet to propose the abolition of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, but that is sure to come before the meeting disbands, the abolition of HUAC having become the Auld Lang Syne of any gathering of the free and the brave, of whatever age.

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William F. Buckley Jr.

William F. Buckley Jr. founded National Review magazine in 1955.

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ON THE RIGHT

The National Students Association has met again at Madison, Wisconsin in order to renew its habitual demands that the United States accelerate its march toward socialism at home, and neutralism abroad. Specifically, the Convention ruled that the United States owes a) a better living to every American student, b) more toleration to American (and for that matter, foreign) Communists, and c) an apology to the Dominican Republic—for saving their country from the Communists. The headline issue was the support the Convention gave to the Berkeley sit-ins of last December. These were officially classified as “legitimate and responsible” on the grounds that the normal channels of redress had been exhausted. As of this writing, the Convention has yet to propose the abolition of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, but that is sure to come before the meeting disbands, the abolition of HUAC having become the Auld Lang Syne of any gathering of the free and the brave, of whatever age.