DOCSLIB.ORG

America's Last Hope?

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
America's Last Hope? Wars on Christians Not Hitler’s Pope Empire or Umpire? Food Rights Fight ANDREW DORAN JOHN RODDEN & JOHN ROSSI ANDREW J. BACEVICH MARK NUGENT JULY/AUGUST 2013 ì ì#ììeìì ì ì # America’s Last Hope? ììeì ì ìeì ì ìì #ì ìeì ìì ! $9.99 US/Canada theamericanconservative.com Visit alphapub.com for FREE eBooks and Natural-law Essays We read that researchers have used new technology to fi nd proof behind biblical stories such as the Parting of the Red Sea and the Burning Bush. Our writing uses a biblical story with a deadly result that is still happening today. This biblical event is the creator’s command to Adam: “Of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat or you “Just found your site. will surely die.” Adam and Eve did eat the fruit of that tree, and for I was quite impressed disobeying the creator, they suffered much trouble and fi nally died. and look forward to Experience tells us that people worldwide are still acting on hours of enjoyment their judgments of good and evil. Now, consider what happens to and learning. Thanks.” millions of them every day? They die! It would follow that those - Frank whose behavior is based on their defi nitions of good and evil be- come subject to the creator’s warning, “or you will surely die.” We know that when people conform to creation’s laws of physics, right action always results. Children learn to walk and run by con- forming to all applicable natural laws. When they don’t, they fall. It is the creator’s laws that dictate what action is called for and what action is not. In the past century Richard W. Wetherill identifi ed a natural law, calling for rational, honest behavior, and he named it the law of absolute right. Most people know that natural laws require obedience, but in- numerable are unaware of this natural law. Mistakenly they try to get their way. We try to inform people not to contradict the creator’s law of right behavior, inviting death. These guiding thoughts explain why people fi nally die. You “I have fi nished reading might disagree, but a Garden of Eden awaits any who adhere to the book How To Solve nature’s law of absolute right. They stop their efforts to get their Problems. So simple, way and embrace the rational, honest way of the creator of life. yet so profound and powerful. Thank you.” Visit alphapub.com for more information or for a free mailing - Alex write to The Alpha Publishing House, PO Box 255, Royersford, PA 19468. This public-service message is from a self-fi nanced, nonprofi t group of former students of Mr. Wetherill. Vol. 12, No. 4, July/August 2013 2220 2628 40 ARTICLES FRONT LINES ARTS & LETTERS 12 Story Lines, Not Party Lines 6 Christians lost the Iraq War 40 Kill Anything !at Moves: !e "e narrative art shapes culture— ANDREW DORAN Real American War in Vietnam and politics. by Nick Turse 7 FDR’s outdoor cathedral ROD DREHER CHASE MADAR LEWIS McCRARY 17 Texas Water War 44 !e Silence of Animals: On 9 America’s military mastermind Progress and Other Modern Will Dallas drown farmers’ WILLIAM S. LIND property rights? Myths by John Gray HENRY CHAPPELL J.P. O’MALLEY COMMENTARY 20 !e Anti-Alinsky 46 Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit John Jay Chapman’s penitent 5 Too small to fail of Food Rights: !e Escalating model of protest 11 Taming China without war Battle Over Who Decides What ALAN PELL CRAWFORD PATRICK J. BUCHANAN We Eat by David Gumpert MARK NUGENT 26 Civil War Comes Home 16 Turkish spring “Copperhead” is the story of the PHILIP GIRALDI 50 !e Little Way of Ruthie Leming: North’s forgotten dissidents. A Southern Girl, a Small Town, JORDAN BLOOM 39 Out to the ballgame and the Secret of a Good Life BILL KAUFFMAN by Rod Dreher 29 Rock for Republicans? JEREMY BEER Why the GOP loves John 58 "e man for Ava & Lana Mellencamp TAKI 52 Edmund Burke in America: DAVID MASCIOTRA !e Contested Career of the Father of Modern Conservatism 32 Not Hitler’s Pope by Drew Maciag How Pius XII resisted Nazism GERALD J. RUSSELLO JOHN RODDEN and JOHN ROSSI 54 American Umpire by Elizabeth Cobbs Ho!man ANDREW J. BACEVICH 56 A Light !at Never Goes Out: !e Enduring Saga of the Smiths by Tony Fletcher and Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division by Peter Hook Cover illustration: Michael Hogue A.G. GANCARSKI JULY/AUGUST 2013 THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE 3 Reactions PRO-GROWTH CONSERVATISM a government’s cultural policies can IMMIGRATION AND THE GOP “Springtime for Keynes” (May/June) also damage the economy. Policies that William Chip (“Immigration Made argued properly that economics contribute to the destruction of the Right,” May/June) is right to observe shouldn’t be the root of a conservative family also destroy the greatest incuba- that the mainstream media has re- political philosophy. I agree, but good tor of economically successful people. ported erroneously and incessantly economic policy will complement Finally, I would add that we su$er since the election that Gov. Romney’s that philosophy. And economic pre- a set of non-#scal governmental poli- loss was attributable to his failure to scriptions can’t do the job unless they cies that cut economic growth and the win enough Hispanic voters. are rational. chance of millions to li% themselves to As the New York Times’ statistical "e rational way to encourage eco- the level of prosperity they desire. "at guru Nate Silver demonstrated with nomic growth and increase the wealth is the “tax” of uncertainty. Today, the his interactive election modeling of all in society (even if the achievers President advocates higher taxes and program, the truth is that Romney get more than their less capable or less thus is positing a future with fewer would have lost the election even if lucky or more leisure-oriented broth- incentives for work, risk, and invest- he had won a majority of the Hispan- ers) comes from providing policies to ment. "e Federal Reserve System’s ic vote. Silver and a handful of other incentivize people to work to create monetary policy foretells a future set independent analysts have shown wealth and economic growth. for in&ation making savings seem like that Romney’s loss was due to his Fiscal policy is crucial and it must less of a good idea: why save a dol- failure to win as much of the non- be understood. George W. Bush said lar today when in the future it will be Hispanic white vote as other GOP he wanted to “put money in people’s worth #%y cents? Twenty-#ve? Our presidential candidates have in the pockets” and when he did that it was regulatory regime today threatens to recent past. as futile as Obama’s stimulus spend- make great swaths of business less More evidence of the mainstream ing. Demand stimulus is Keynesian successful, reducing the incentives to media’s collective decision to be- and it is baloney. build a booming society. And this “tax come a mere propaganda outlet for Good #scal policy changes relative of uncertainty” nets the Treasury not comprehensive immigration reform prices. "at means it makes work, a dime. and amnesty for illegal aliens can be risk, and investment more attractive. Keynes changed his views and his found in their refusal to report on It rewards pro-growth activities. "at every word isn’t baloney. But a conser- the only referendum actually dealing means marginal tax rates must be cut vative political philosophy is properly with illegal immigration to appear on and that translates into more real re- accompanied by a pro-growth eco- a statewide ballot in 2012. wards—real income to those who nomic philosophy that rewards the In Montana, which Gov. Romney work, save, and invest. virtues that a conservative values. It carried by a comfortable 55 percent Spending is not irrelevant. When provides the framework for prosper- to 42 percent margin, a Proposition government spends more to extend ous families, and a prosperous soci- 187-style measure called Legislative unemployment bene#ts or lowers ety that can use its added wealth to Question 121 denying state funded the age of Social Security eligibility, address society’s problems. Prosper- bene#ts to illegal aliens, won by a it makes it foolish for many to work. ous people have fewer problems, give landslide 80 percent. Undercutting the welfare reform rules more to charity, and have time to help Imagine the reporting frenzy that requiring the able-bodied to work others. would have erupted had Question changes the relative prices of working Keep up this important discussion. 121 lost. versus taking welfare. HOWARD SEGERMARK K.C. MCALPIN A conservative would also note that Washington, DC Harbor Springs, MI 4 THE AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE JULY/AUGUST 2013 !e American Conservative Editor Daniel McCarthy Senior Editors Rod Dreher Daniel Larison Mark Nugent Editorial Director, Digital Maisie Allison Associate Editor Jordan Bloom National Correspondent { Vol. 12, No. 4, July/August 2013 } Michael Brendan Dougherty Contributing Editors W. James Antle III, Andrew J. Bacevich, Doug Bandow, Jeremy Beer, James Bovard, Patrick Deneen, Michael Desch, Richard Gamble, Philip Giraldi, David Gordon, Paul Gottfried, Freddy Gray, Leon Hadar, Peter Hitchens, Philip Jenkins, Christopher Layne, Chase Madar, Eric Margolis, James Pinkerton, Justin Raimondo, Fred Reed, Stuart Reid, Localism’s Green Shoots Sheldon Richman, Steve Sailer, John Schwenkler, Jordan Michael Smith, R.J. Stove, Kelley Vlahos, "omas E. Woods Jr.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Call out Miutia in Pennsy Strike Pledges Continue To
    VOL. U L, NO. 256. Philaddphia Strikere Picket Hosiery Mills PLEDGES CONTINUE CALL OUT MIUTIA n m F A T A L IN PENNSY STRIKE TO COME IN FROM TO H0]D DRIVER ALL OVER NATION Martial Law to Be Pro- ARREST THIRD MAN Yondi ffit by (^r Dmeu by daoM d ia Fayette Connty IN SYLLA MURDER RockriDe Wonian Tester- M EHCAN BEATEN Officials Busy Explaining ?A ere 15,000 Miners day Passes Away at Hos­ BY SrA M SB COPS Various Pbases ef die Have Defied Authorities. Stanley Kenefic Also Comes pital This Momiug. Program— Coal and Ante* from Stamford — Police Raymond Judd Stoutnar, 17, son Pl^debpbia Man (Sves Ifis mobiles Next to Be Taken lUrrlsburf, Pa., July 29—(AP)— of Mr. and Mrs. John Stoatnar of Governor Plnchot told early today Seek Fourth Suspect. 851 Tolland Turnpike died at 7:30 m Up— Monday Sled h r jna-tlal law will be proclaimed in Side of His Arrest this morning at the Manchester Me­ Fayette county, heart of the turbu­ strike there. morial hospital from injuries re­ dnstry WiD Disenss Code. lent coal strike area, with the ar­ New York, July 29.—(AP)— A Barcelona. ceived early yesterday afternoon rival of National Guard troops now third man from Stamford, Conn., enroute. when thrown from his bicycle when Three hundred state soldiers, was booked on a homicide charge to­ MAY REQUEST LOAN hit by an automobile driven by Mrs. New York, July 29—(AP) — The Washington, July 29.—(AP)— eoulpped with automatic rifles, day In the slaying of Dr.
    [Show full text]
  • Literary Space and Material Culture in the Works of Harriet Prescott Spofford, Edith Wharton, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Willa Cather 1870-1920
    University of Nebraska - Lincoln DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research: Department of English English, Department of 4-2020 Thresholds of Curating: Literary Space and Material Culture in the Works of Harriet Prescott Spofford, Edith Wharton, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Willa Cather 1870-1920 Lindsay N. Andrews University of Nebraska - Lincoln Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/englishdiss Part of the American Art and Architecture Commons, and the Literature in English, North America Commons Andrews, Lindsay N., "Thresholds of Curating: Literary Space and Material Culture in the Works of Harriet Prescott Spofford, Edith Wharton, Isabella Stewart Gardner, and Willa Cather 1870-1920" (2020). Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research: Department of English. 166. https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/englishdiss/166 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the English, Department of at DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research: Department of English by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@University of Nebraska - Lincoln. THRESHOLDS OF CURATING: LITERARY SPACE AND MATERIAL CULTURE IN THE WORKS OF HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD, EDITH WHARTON, ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER, AND WILLA CATHER 1870-1920 by Lindsay N. Andrews A DISSERTATION Presented to the Faculty of The Graduate College at the University of Nebraska In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Major: English Minor: Art History (Nineteenth Century Studies) Under the Supervision of Professor Guy Reynolds Lincoln, Nebraska May, 2020 THRESHOLDS OF CURATING: LITERARY SPACE AND MATERIAL CULTURE IN THE WORKS OF HARRIET PRESCOTT SPOFFORD, EDITH WHARTON, ISABELLA STEWART GARDNER, AND WILLA CATHER 1870-1920 Lindsay N.
    [Show full text]
  • Sidvd504 Musicspectr
    Music Spectrum Page 5 of 23 death: “Dear God, take him, take them, take anyone, the stillborn, the newborn, the NorthernBlue infirm, take anyone, take people from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, just spare me.” Most of us 95North Reco wouldn’t say it out loud, but Morrissey outs our true sinister thoughts that pass through Or Music our brains. Palm Pictures Parasol Planetary Gro The Smiths: Under Review, An Provident Lab Independent Critical Analysis Righteous Ba The traditional topics in any Smiths Rhino biography are all covered here: the band Rough Trade name, traditional four piece lineup, Runway Netw ambiguous nature of Morrissey’s Ryko Music sexuality, being a household name in the Salt Lady Re UK (but not the U.S.), “Suffer Little Sanctuary Re Children” (Moors murders), album sleeves, singles slump, role of Mike Joyce Sounds Fami and Andy Rourke, reluctance to do videos Special Ops M in MTV era, Craig Gannon, and the split. Team Clermo However, while some of the information Theory 8 Rec may not be new, because The Smiths: Telarc Under Review, An Independent Critical Analysis is a video documentary, it is a comforting Transmit Sou companion for any Smiths fan or seeker. TVT Records Unschooled Having never attended a Smiths Convention http://www.musicconventions.com/, and Vanguard Re having very few close friends who are Smiths fans, sitting and watching so many writers, Wampus Rec musicians, and people in the circle discuss what the Smiths meant and mean is like Warp Record discovering that you’re not alone. Others have also spent hours thinking about why this Wind-up Rec band affected them so much.
    [Show full text]
  • In the Service of Others: from Rose Hill to Lincoln Center
    Fordham Law Review Volume 82 Issue 4 Article 1 2014 In the Service of Others: From Rose Hill to Lincoln Center Constantine N. Katsoris Fordham University School of Law Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr Part of the Law Commons Recommended Citation Constantine N. Katsoris, In the Service of Others: From Rose Hill to Lincoln Center, 82 Fordham L. Rev. 1533 (2014). Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/flr/vol82/iss4/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. It has been accepted for inclusion in Fordham Law Review by an authorized editor of FLASH: The Fordham Law Archive of Scholarship and History. For more information, please contact [email protected]. DEDICATION IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS: FROM ROSE HILL TO LINCOLN CENTER Constantine N. Katsoris* At the start of the 2014 to 2015 academic year, Fordham University School of Law will begin classes at a brand new, state-of-the-art building located adjacent to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. This new building will be the eighth location for Fordham Law School in New York City. From its start at Rose Hill in the Bronx, New York, to its various locations in downtown Manhattan, and finally, to its two locations at Lincoln Center, the law school’s education and values have remained constant: legal excellence through public service. This Article examines the law school’s rich history in public service through the lives and work of its storied deans, demonstrating how each has lived up to the law school’s motto In the service of others and concludes with a look into Fordham Law School’s future.
    [Show full text]
  • United States Air Force and Its Antecedents Published and Printed Unit Histories
    UNITED STATES AIR FORCE AND ITS ANTECEDENTS PUBLISHED AND PRINTED UNIT HISTORIES A BIBLIOGRAPHY EXPANDED & REVISED EDITION compiled by James T. Controvich January 2001 TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTERS User's Guide................................................................................................................................1 I. Named Commands .......................................................................................................................4 II. Numbered Air Forces ................................................................................................................ 20 III. Numbered Commands .............................................................................................................. 41 IV. Air Divisions ............................................................................................................................. 45 V. Wings ........................................................................................................................................ 49 VI. Groups ..................................................................................................................................... 69 VII. Squadrons..............................................................................................................................122 VIII. Aviation Engineers................................................................................................................ 179 IX. Womens Army Corps............................................................................................................
    [Show full text]
  • An Agenda for a Greener, Freer, Smarter Right
    Oliver Stone for Pres? Nixon at 100 Everyday Anarchy The Pope’s Other Brain JOHN BUFFALO MAILER PAT BUCHANAN GENE CALLAHAN JEREMY BEER JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2013 ì ì#ììeìì ì ì # An agenda for a greener, freer, smarter right $4.95 US/Canada theamericanconservative.com Enjoy TheBlaze at no extra charge with America’s Top 250 package add it to another package for just $5 a month GLENN 1-888-675-6174 dish.com/theblaze BECK DISH Qualifying DISH service requires participation in qualifying plan and subscription to qualifying programming. Depending on qualifying plan, one or moree of the following will apply – activation fee (minimum $99), Social Security Number, credit approval,approval, 24-month Agreement, early cancellation fee. Offers end 1/16/13. Offer is subject to the terms of the Promotional and Residential Customer Agreements. AllAll prices,prices, packages, programming, features, functionality and offers subject to changechange withoutwithout notice.notice. © 2012, DISH Network L.L.C. All rights reserved. 252326_7_x_9.5.indd 1 12/6/12 4:43 PM Vol. 12, No. 1, January/February 2013 7 15 18 ARTICLES COVER STORY ARTS & LETTERS 15 Free Kentucky Project 12 Counterculture Conservatism 42 Two Cheers for Anarchism: Rep. "omas Massie continues An agenda for the right Six Easy Pieces on Autonomy, Ron Paul’s revolution. ANDREW J. BACEVICH Dignity, and Meaningful Work W. JAMES ANTLE III and Play by James C. Scott FRONT LINES GENE CALLAHAN 18 Oliver Stone vs. the Empire He talks to TAC about 7 Want to #x America? 45 Debating Same-Sex Marriage the bipartisan security state.
    [Show full text]
  • An Augustinian Correction to a Faulty Option: the Politics of Salt and Light
    Journal of Moral Theology, Vol. 10, No. 1 (2021): 46–72 An Augustinian Correction to a Faulty Option: The Politics of Salt and Light Anthony Crescio INCE ITS PUBLICATION IN 2017, Rod Dreher’s The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation has given rise to a cottage industry, including a wide range of S publications on the subject (either in support of or against) and conferences across the country. To be sure, a Christian perspective fully supports many elements in Dreher’s thought, like his calls for homes to become places of spiritual learning and growth,1 that institu- tions of Christian education take seriously their role in Christian for- mation,2 and the Church undergo a ressourcement type of renewal in all facets of its life.3 However, it is in the last area of ecclesiology where Dreher’s option ultimately fails in several ways because he does not grasp the full import of the sacramental ontology. While he rightly advocates a need for recovering it, he falls short in implementing it.4 His is, put simply, a failure of the imagination which has disastrous consequences for his understanding of how the church ought to engage in the political sphere. In order to demonstrate this failure, I adopt Dreher’s ressourcement methodology5 by engaging Augustine of Hippo as the primary inter- locutor and proceeding by way of four main steps. First, I discuss three ways Dreher’s work represents a failure of imagination. With the sec- ond step, I lay out Augustine’s sacramental metaphysics and corre- sponding ecclesiology.
    [Show full text]
  • St. Benedict Option Taki: the Movie ANDREW BACEVICH Justin Raimondo ROD DREHER Taki
    One Percent America Kennedy’s Wars St. Benedict Option Taki: The Movie ANDREW BACEVICH JUSTIN RAIMONDO ROD DREHER TAKI NOVEMBER/DECEMBER 2013 IDEAS OVER IDEOLOGY • PRINCIPLES OVER PARTY WHY THE TEA PARTY CAN’T GOVERN by DANIEL MCCARTHY $9.99 US/Canada theamericanconservative.com “One of the best liberal arts colleges in America.” - George Weigel DISCOVER THE DIFFERENCE Catholic Liberal Arts at Its Best! Enter Our Full-Tuition SCHOLARSHIP Competition! Rigorous Liberal Arts Curriculum Integrated Core Emphasizing Research, Written & Oral Communication Scholarships and Robust Financial Aid Program Integrated Career Development Program Leadership and Internship Opportunities Semester in Rome and Summer Ireland Programs Intercollegiate Athletic Program Drama, Music, and Performance Opportunities Mission Trips and Outreach Programs Authentic Catholic Culture and Liturgical Celebrations Front Royal, Virginia 800.877.5456 Tomorrow’s Leaders. Here Today. christendom.edu Vol. 12, No. 6, November/December 2013 2224 3228 40 COVER STORY FRONT LINES ARTS & LETTERS 12 Why the Tea Party Can’t Govern 6 Mike Lee, rugged 40 Goliath: Life and Loathing Its conservatism is a product of communitarian in Greater Israel by Max the disco era. JONATHAN COPPAGE Blumenthal DANIEL MCCARTHY 7 The magazine for crunchy cons SCOTT MCCONNELL GRACY OLMSTEAD artIcles 44 Rebound: Getting America Back 9 Britain’s Tories need a woman. to Great by Kim R. Holmes 16 Benedict Option EMMA ELLIOTT FREIRE JUSTIN LOGAN The promise of Christian 46 Conservative Internationalism: intentional communities COMMentary ROD DREHER Armed Diplomacy Under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and 5 Turning right since 2012 20 One Percent Republic Reagan by Henry Nau Inequality applies to military 11 Has the NSA gone too far? MICHAEL C.
    [Show full text]
  • Alan Cameron, a Scotch Loyalist in the American Revolution
    ALAN CAMERON, A SCOTCH LOYALIST IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION By WILLIAM THOMAS JOHNSON Bucknell University, Lewisburg L ATE in November of the year 1775, a few miles north of L Hagerstown, Maryland, three traveling gentlemen were arrested on suspicion of being Loyalists. These men, Alan Cam- eron, Dr. John Ferdinand Dalziel Smyth, and Dr. John Connolly, were promptly brought before the local Committee of Safety of Frederick County, which sat at Frederick Town, and "examina- tions were taken." Alan Cameron, the subject of this narration, was born in 1753 in Errach, Invernessshire, Scotland, and was the head of a branch of the great clan Cameron. In his early years he had won athletic reputation in his native glens and at an early age had made his way to the American colonies of England. According to his testi- mony before the Committee, Alan Cameron said he had left Scotland because of an affair of honor and had come to Virginia with the purpose of purchasing lands in the back country, and intended to go to Henderson for that purpose. But due to con- ditions prevailing at that time (Nov., 1775) he had found it difficult to pass through the "Back Country."2 He further testi- fied that, in the course of his sojourn in Virginia, he had met Lord Dunmore, governor of the Virginia colony, who had per- suaded him, with the promise of advancement, "to accept a Commission as first Lieutenant in a Regiment to be raised by Lieutenant Colonel (John) Connolly."3 As might have been expected of one who was fast becoming a staunch Loyalist, Alan Cameron did not tell the whole truth before this committee.
    [Show full text]
  • World Music Day Questions
    Musical Styles Through the 20th Century Comprehension Worksheet Swing and Big Band Swing began in the late 1920s but it was between 1935 and 1946 when big band swing music became the most popular music in America, also known as the Swing Era. A typical song played in swing style would include a strong rhythm accompanied by wind, string or brass instruments, also including vocals. A soloist would commonly take centre stage and improvise a solo with the band in the background. One of the best known big band leaders includes Glenn Miller. His famous hit ‘In the Mood’ stayed at the top of the charts for 13 weeks! There were a large number of musicians in a swing band which meant it was more expensive than a small group. By the late 1940s, this type of music was less popular, however swing music had a revival in the late 1950s and 1960s when singers, such as Frank Sinatra, sang with swing bands. In 2001, Robbie Williams recorded an album of popular swing covers. Rock and Roll Rock and roll is a popular music style which came from America during the late 1940s and early 1950s. It developed out of other African American musical styles such as boogie woogie, blues, country music and gospel music. In the early 1940s, the saxophone or piano were often the lead instrument but this was replaced with the guitar in the 50s. The classic rock and roll sound is created with one or two electric guitars, an electric bass guitar, a string bass and drums.
    [Show full text]
  • The Testimony of William Bulger Hearin
    THE NEXT STEP IN THE INVESTIGATION OF THE USE OF INFORMANTS BY THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: THE TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM BULGER HEARING BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED EIGHTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JUNE 19, 2003 Serial No. 108–41 Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Reform ( Available via the World Wide Web: http://www.gpo.gov/congress/house http://www.house.gov/reform U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 89–004 PDF WASHINGTON : 2003 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Internet: bookstore.gpo.gov Phone: toll free (866) 512–1800; DC area (202) 512–1800 Fax: (202) 512–2250 Mail: Stop SSOP, Washington, DC 20402–0001 VerDate 11-MAY-2000 09:36 Oct 02, 2003 Jkt 000000 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 5011 Sfmt 5011 D:\DOCS\89004 HGOVREF1 PsN: HGOVREF1 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT REFORM TOM DAVIS, Virginia, Chairman DAN BURTON, Indiana HENRY A. WAXMAN, California CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, Connecticut TOM LANTOS, California ILEANA ROS-LEHTINEN, Florida MAJOR R. OWENS, New York JOHN M. MCHUGH, New York EDOLPHUS TOWNS, New York JOHN L. MICA, Florida PAUL E. KANJORSKI, Pennsylvania MARK E. SOUDER, Indiana CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York STEVEN C. LATOURETTE, Ohio ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland DOUG OSE, California DENNIS J. KUCINICH, Ohio RON LEWIS, Kentucky DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois JO ANN DAVIS, Virginia JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts TODD RUSSELL PLATTS, Pennsylvania WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri CHRIS CANNON, Utah DIANE E. WATSON, California ADAM H. PUTNAM, Florida STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts EDWARD L. SCHROCK, Virginia CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, Maryland JOHN J.
    [Show full text]
  • Chapman Field–The Evolution of a South Dade Army Airdrome
    58 Chapman Field-The Evolution of a South Dade Army Airdrome Raymond G. McGuire Cobbled together to encompass more than 850 acres of pineland, scrub, marsh, and seashore, the army airfield that came to be named after the first U.S. flier killed in France during World War I saw active service for only two months before the war ended. Thereafter local horticulturists and aviation interests vied for control of the property as development crept around its perimeter. With much of the acreage remaining park- land or agricultural through the end of the twentieth century, Chapman Field has persisted as an identifiable entity in Miami-Dade County with a locally recognized name long after its airstrips have vanished.1 Powered flight had barely passed its first decade when the war in Europe erupted in 1914, but German, French, and English govern- ments quickly saw the strategic advantages to be gained from the air- plane over the battlefield. During the first years of the war the United States had a chance to watch from the sidelines, and it, too, discovered that air power was a potentially great new tactic. The U. S. Army had few pilots, however, and few bases for training more; in Florida, only the Naval Air Station in Pensacola was operational. America entered the war on April 6, 1917, and, in a wave of federal spending, $640 million was appropriated by Congress on July 24 of that year for military aeronautics. Many private schools of aviation were taken over by the military, such as Curtiss Field in Miami, and new airfields were estab- lished throughout the country.
    [Show full text]