The Straight Dope—June 2011
beyond the revolution
Our Sacred Anticanon
by Thomas Fleming
views
The Triumph of Nice
by Philip Jenkins
The King James Bible at 400: Love’s Labor’s Lost
by Aaron D. Wolf
news
Glenn Beck, the Straight Dope
by W. James Antle III
A Saint Is Born: An Interview With Roland Joffe
by Matthew A. Rarey
reviews
The Robot’s Focus
by Derek Turner
A Journey: My Political Life
by Tony Blair
A Unifier at Number Ten
by George W. Liebmann
Supermac: The Life of Harold Macmillan
by D.A. Thorpe
A Need for Stewardship
by Catharine Savage Brosman
Sissinghurst: An Unfinished History
by Adam Nicolson
correspondence
Muslim Sex Crimes in Northern England
by Christie Davies
vital signs
Thoroughly American Healthcare
by Dean Olson
Kings Row Revisited
by Ray Olson
columns
Our Antiwar Opportunity
by Justin Raimondo
The Problem of Industrialism
by Chilton Williamson, Jr.
Our Interest in Turkey
by Srdja Trifkovic
Order №311
by Andrei Navrozov
Chuck Older
by Roger D. McGrath
The First and Final Command
Of Gods and Men
by George McCartney
New York State of Mind
by Taki Theodoracopulos
poetry
Of Magnanimity
The Hay Wain
by David Middleton
Polemics & Exchanges
American Proscenium
Cultural Revolutions
Entries(RSS)
This looks marvelous! I just received my May issue the other day and it too is wonderful!
Now we just have to hope that President Obama doesn't establish a "no-fly" zone over Rockford, IL!
I just received the May issue, too, Mr. Colin. It seems that each issue is better than the one before. After reading Ray Olson's review of Vols. 1 & 2 of the Chronicles of the South, I cannot wait to start reading them. (They are on my bookshelf.) Meanwhile, Learning to Die in Miami: Confessions of a Refugee Boy went on my wish list, along with Carlos Eire's earlier effort, Waiting for Snow in Havana, based on Jonathan Chaves's review. So many (good) books, so little time.
Roland Joffe? Director of The Mission, with Robert De Niro, Liam Neeson, and Jeremy Irons? I wonder what interest Chronicles has with that fellow. I thought that movie had a typical Hollywood anti-Western theme to it - covert but still detectable enough.
Let's hope for a letter to the editor as hilarious as the anti-Taki one in the May issue.
Mr. Van Sant @ 2,
Yes, I've gotten both volumes of the Chronicles of the South and have begun dipping into both of them to immense pleasure! They are a treasure; even though I already own them I thought I'd recommend them them to my local Barnes & Noble. I'll be curious to see if they appear on those shelves! I certainly won't hold my breath!
I completely agree with your comment "So many (good) books, so little time."
I have read and re-read both volumes of Chronicles of the South. Mr. Olsen's review seemed to be coming out of my head, albeit with much better writing than my head and hand could produce.
Chronicles is the highlight of my month. When it arrives, I read the entire issue in one sitting; then, each night thereafter for about four days, I read yet again certain articles until I have read it through a second time. We also receive a copy of Chronicles at my school. I sometimes require that certain articles be read prior to faculty meetings because the content of a particular article speaks to a topic which I wish to cover in the meeting.
I agree with Mr Ajjan. Its amusing the number of letters printed that say, basically, "you dont agree with me, therefore your magazine sucks".
Yes Daniel, it is also astonishing that people want to spite even those newspapers and magazines that are losing money, in order to release their irritation.
The obvious response to such people is: "Unlike you, many have had the common sense to end their subscriptions when they stopped liking this magazine."
Just see all the people who complain about New York Times, even though it loses a lot of money and will possibly not be in business in the next decade without a major radical solution to revive it. It's like complaining about the popularity of the dorky unpopular kid in school.
I only received my April issue last week. Canada Post has gotten very unpredictable in recent years as to when they will deliver my subscription. I expect the May issue will be along shortly though.
I am looking forward to the June issue, especially to Aaron Wolf's article on the King James Bible and its 400th anniversary. I have missed his "Heresies" feature and had been wondering when we would see an article from him again.
I just read through the May issue yesterday and found it as delightful an issue as ever. Subscribing to Chronicles has been a wise and most gratifying investment. Please tell Roger McGrath that his piece on the 'legal' mutation of California provoked painful thought and lasting pleasure for me. I liked it so much I even reread it out loud to my wife, who also found it powerful and painful. And of course I have placed on my wish list the Chronicles of the South volumes. An outstanding issue as usual.
I second Mr. Neal on missing the "Heresies" feature. Its absence can't be for lack of material....
I'm pleased to infer that my review of Chronicles of the South has influenced several readers to buy that marvelous set. I suggest that we each take two steps further: first, give a set to a friend or friends who one knows or highly suspects will like it; and then, tell them that if they want more of the same, subscribe to Chronicles!
Mr. Olson - I had already decided to give a set to a friend, who hails from Kentucky, before I read your comment. (I have already given my friend, who lived in Paris at one time, Graham Robb's books about Paris and France, based on Chilton Williamson's review in the April issue.) Having started Volume 1 of Chronicles of the South, I do not doubt that you are correct when you say, "here is God's foison for all respecters and admirers of the enduring South" (among whom I count myself, although I was born and raised in Wisconsin).
As impossible as it might seem, "Chronicles" just keeps improving. The last several issues are particularly incandescent and the latest might just be the greatest in years.
To Mr. Van Sant,
Good for you! Now I must be as good as my suggestion and do likewise!