1961

Articles from 1961

The Father of American Conservativism (Coronet Magazine, 1961)

Barry Goldwater (1909 – 1998) was the Republican presidential candidate for 1964, and although he lost that contest by wide margins to Lyndon Johnson, his political philosophy has played a vital roll in shaping the direction of American conservative thought. William F. Buckley, Jr. explained why in this article.


In 1887 The New York Times reviewed the first english edition of Das Kapital by Karl Marx, click here to read it…

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‘The Strange Story Behind GONE WITH THE WIND” (Coronet Magazine, 1961)

What was the real origin of Gone with the Wind? Margaret Mitchell (1900 – 1949) referred to a simple incident in her childhood. One afternoon, her mother took her on a buggy ride through the countryside around Atlanta, showing her all the once proud plantation homes that stood in crumbling shame from the Civil War, and others that were symbols of revival and progress. The impression never left her. Gone with the Wind, she said, was the story of Georgians who survived and those who didn’t.


In this article a book reviewer questions why anyone thought the novel was so great.

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The Woman Who Didn’t Want to Dress Like Jackie… (Coronet Magazine, 1961)

This unique (and thankfully humorous) voice lets us know how widespread The Jackie Look was in the America of the early sixties – but she will have non of it:

I am accepting all offers – including Confederate money – for my Jackie Kennedy wardrobe of sleeveless ‘avant-garde’ dresses and pill-box hats. I’ll even throw in a necklace or three of pearls. If you insist, and I hope you do, I’ll also add my French cookbook and my water-color set… I have had it. I just don’t want to look like Jackie Kennedy. The competition is becoming far too keen.


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A Christian Defends Atheists (Coronet Magazine, 1961)

Following the close of the Second World War America took a good look at herself and slowly began to clean house. Assorted magazines and newspapers began to publish articles about various injustices that seemed to be overlooked during the previous centuries in order that remedies could be found and national integrity restored. When this column was sent to the printer it was a time when numerous states barred atheists from holding elective office, serving as a court witness or work as a school teacher. All of this was taking place in spite of the fact that the census bureau records indicated that as many as 36.6% of the U.S. citizenry had no affiliation with any religious institution.


Another article about an outstanding Episcopal bishop can be read here…

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Introducing Sex in the Movies (Coronet Magazine, 1961)

Our movies are becoming more blatantly obsessed with sex. Ten years ago it was unthinkable for a Hollywood picture to show a couple in bed together – even a husband and wife, since this violated an unwritten taboo of the industry’s self-regulating Productions Code. Today it is not surprising to see two people embracing, in varying stages of dishabille… As motion picture critic of The New York Times and as one who has watched American movies from the ‘silent’ days, I can truthfully say I have never seen them so unnecessarily loaded with stuff that is plainly meant to shock.


Click here to read more about the destruction of taboos in American pop-culture…

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Richmond Selected as the Capital of the Confederacy (National Park Service, 1961)

Second only to New Orleans, Richmond was the largest city in the Confederacy, having a population of about 38,000. It was also the center of iron manufacturing in the South. The Tredegar Iron Works, main source of cannon supply for the Southern armies, influenced the choice of Richmond as the Confederate Capital and demanded defense.


Click here to read about the heavy influence religion had in the Rebel states during the American Civil War.

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How One School Turned Itself Around (Pageant Magazine, 1961)

When the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik, in the Autumn of 1957 it shocked the American people and set in motion an event that was quickly labeled the Sputnik Crises. Almost at once, school boards all across the fruited plane resolved to improve their math and science programs in order to ensure the blessings of liberty for generations yet unborn.


One of these institutions was Laguna Beach High School in Southern California and the attached article, Turning Bad Schools into Good Schools, will tell you about the various steps they had taken in order to alter their curriculum and the prevailing campus culture as well.


We were gratified to learn that some fifty-odd years later, Laguna Beach High is still one of the finest schools in the country.


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