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by Robert H. Bork


  CBS News, 37

  censorship, 134, 140—53, 342, 346—58

  Center for Media and Public Affairs, 24

  Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire (1942), 147—49

  checks and balances, system of, 109

  Cheever, Susan, 208

  Chelmsford (MA) High School, 159

  Cheney, Lynne, 254, 304

  Chesterton, G. K., 133

  Chicago, University of, 48n

  Chicago Tribune, 229

  Child Pornography Prevention Act (1996), 349

  China

  Communist victory in, 19

  human rights problems in, 284

  Japanese aggression against, 91

  Chinese immigrants, 299

  Christian Coalition, 336

  Christianity, 255, 272—74, 276, 280, 294, 338

  blacks and, 164

  in Dark Ages, 334—35

  feminists and, 287

  heretical, 27—28, 54, 291—92

  morality and, 142, 278, 293

  shared beliefs of, 93

  Cincinnati, University of, 246

  Citadel, The, 108

  Civil Rights Act (1964), 106, 227, 231, 242—43

  civil rights movement, 25, 51, 230, 231

  incendiary rhetoric of, 156

  civil society, 327—28

  Clark, Kenneth, 335

  Clark, Ramsey, 19

  Clay, Henry, 255

  Cleopatra, 245

  Clinton, Bill, 2, 38, 61, 73, 87, 115, 179, 183, 208, 284, 309, 338—41

  Clinton, Hillary Rodham, 2, 54, 86—88

  Cohen v. California (1971), 99

  Cold War, 26, 34, 283

  Collier, Peter, 25

  Colorado, constitution of, 112—14

  Colorado, University of, 293

  Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group, 132

  Columbia University, 24, 36, 208

  Columbus, Christopher, 254, 303

  Commissioner’s Task Force on Minorities in New York, 302

  Communists, 312

  American, 24, 31

  faith system of, 85

  Soviet, 94

  support of clergy for, 283

  Vietnamese, 19

  Compassion in Dying v. State of Washington (1995), 110—11

  Comstock, Anthony, 60

  Congress. U.S., 55, 255, 261, 284, 289 339

  abortion and, 182

  affirmative action and, 242

  bureaucracies and, 324, 325

  feminists and, 220, 225

  Supreme Court and, 109, 115—17

  Connerly, Ward, 243

  conspiracy theories, 229

  Constitution, U.S., 57, 97, 98, 100—101, 105, 106, 109, 112, 114—19, 173, 227, 254, 298, 306—7, 319, 321, 329

  balanced budget amendment to, 270

  English-only amendment to, 302

  First Amendment, 98—102, 108, 113, 138.140, 147—49, 152, 289, 290

  Second Amendment, 152, 166n

  Fifth Amendment, 118

  Tenth Amendment, 270

  Thirteenth Amendment, 245

  Fourteenth Amendment, 36, 105, 107, 110, 111, 118

  contraception, 178, 280

  Cornell University, 43—44, 48, 216

  corporations, 327

  affirmative action in, 234

  diversity training in, 215

  Council on Crime, 164—66, 169

  Court of Appeals, U.S.

  Second Circuit, 111

  Ninth Circuit, 110—11, 187

  crack cocaine, 161

  Crandall, Candace C., 179

  Crick, Francis, 175

  crime, 3, 104, 154—58, 164—71, 326, 342

  family and, 205

  popular culture and, 127, 131

  Cuba, Communist victory in, 19

  Cuomo, Mario, 291

  Dadaism, 130

  Dante, 306

  Dark Ages, 334—35

  Darwin, Charles, 281, 294

  date rape, accusations of. 215

  Days of Rage, 30

  Dean, James, 1

  death penalty, 165, 172

  Death with Dignity Act (Oregon, 1994), 187

  Declaration of Independence, 56—58, 63—64, 66—67, 98, 320

  Decter, Midge. 24, 194, 228

  Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), 375

  Democracy in America (Tocqueville), 82, 272—73

  Democratic Party, 7, 55, 130, 160, 282, 333

  1968 National Convention of, 18

  DePaul University, 309—10

  Desert Storm, 221

  Dickinson, Emily, 212

  die, right to, 110—11

  Dilulio, John, 161, 164, 165, 168—69

  dinosaurs, extinction of, 261—62

  diversity, 240

  training in, 215

  see also multiculturalism

  divorce, 154, 157—58.204, 276, 340

  Catholic church’s teachings on, 280

  Dole, Robert, 130, 141, 143

  domestic violence, 206, 207, 284

  Donaldson, Sam, 191

  Donohue, William A., 97

  Dred Scott v. Sandford, 173, 318

  drugs, 3, 50, 161, 340

  blacks and, 229

  due process clause, 107, 118

  Dukakis, Michael, 243

  Durkheim, Emile, 3

  Eastland, Terry, 233

  Edison, Thomas, 255

  education, 342

  bilingual, 301—2

  decline of standards in, 250—55

  feminism v., 208—18

  higher, see universities

  multiculturalism in, 302—13

  power to discipline in, 104—5

  Education, U.S. Department of, 216

  Civil Rights Office, 236

  egalitarianism, radical, 5, 10, 11, 30, 54, 66—82, 150, 154, 332

  abortion and, 183

  blacks and, 230

  crime and, 166

  and decline of intellect, 250—52, 256, 259, 265—68

  and denigration of white males, 235

  feminism and, 201

  government bureaucracies and, 321—28

  of intellectual class, 88, 93

  judiciary, 105—8

  religion and, 281, 286, 292

  resistance to, 342

  Egypt, ancient, 244, 245

  Einstein, Albert, 255

  Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1, 76, 77

  elderly, euthanasia of, 191

  Eliot, T.S., 61—62

  elites, selection of, 78

  Ellington, Duke, 124

  English language

  immigrants and, 300—302

  standard v. “black,” 307

  Enlightenment, the. 4.58, 61.63—64, 92, 94, 276

  Enola Gay (bomber), 90

  environmentalism, 53, 274, 282

  envy, 25, 68—69, 73—76

  avoidance of, 93

  Episcopal Church, 284, 286

  Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 236

  equality, see egalitarianism equal protection clause, 105—8. 111, 113

  Equal Rights Amendment, 324—25

  Essay on Pauperism (Tocqueville), 160

  Estrich, Susan. 243

  ethnicity, cult of, 300

  ethnic studies programs, 209, 244, 267

  Eurocentrism, 297, 307, 311—12

  European Union, 208

  euthanasia, 172.185—92

  evangelical movement, 286, 293, 336

  evolution, theory of, 281, 294

  exceptions clause, 116

  exclusionary rule. 104

  expression, freedom of, 99—100, 131, 147—48

  expressive individualism, 88

  Fair Deal, 67

  Faludi, Susan, 207—8

  family, feminism versus, 203—5, 224

  Farrahkan, Louis, 226, 227, 229

  fascism. 46—48, 94.153, 312

  as faith system, 85

  feminism and. 201, 202

  rejection of rationality in, 264

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nbsp; Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.), 40, 341

  Federal Communications Commission (FCC), 106—7

  Federalist Papers, 297

  feminism, 53, 55, 125, 193—225, 228, 282.298, 299

  and abortion rights, 179, 183

  armed forces conquered by, 218—23

  and decline of intellect, 251, 253, 267

  intellectual collapse of, 198—200

  multiculturalism and, 306, 307.311

  politics and mood of, 200—203

  religion and, 206, 284, 287—89

  v. education. 208—18, 244

  v. facts, 206—8

  v. family, 203—5

  Ferguson, Colin, 246

  fetal tissue research, 183

  Fight for the Water Hole, The (Remington), 90

  Finley, Karen, 203

  flag desecration, 55, 99—101, 116

  Fonda, Jane, 19—20, 86

  Ford, Gerald R., 200

  Fortas, Abe, 101

  Fortune Magazine, 95

  France

  irrationality in, 264n

  student rebellion in, 17

  Frankfurter, Felix, 118

  fraternity, hope for, 296—313

  Free Speech movement, 26

  French Revolution, 29—30, 296, 317

  Freud, Sigmund, 281, 294

  Friedan, Betty, 204

  Fuchs, Michael, 131

  Fumento, Michael, 189, 190

  Galbraith, John Kenneth, 334

  Gallagher, Maggie, 138—39, 223, 224

  gangs, 157

  gangsta rap, 132, 143

  Gardner, James, 92, 129, 130

  gated communities, 334

  gay and lesbian studies, 208, 267

  gays, see homosexuality

  gender norming, 221

  gender perspective, 196—98, 205

  genetic differences, 267

  German immigrants, 297, 299

  Germany, 222

  millenarianism in, 28

  Nazi, see Nazis

  student rebellion in, 17

  Gershwin, George, 124

  Gershwin, Ira, 124

  Gilder, George, 137

  Gitlin, Todd, 23, 24

  Glassman, James K., 322

  Glendon, Mary Ann, 98

  Glynn, Patrick, 295

  Goldberg, Danny, 131—32

  Goldberg, Steven, 211—12

  Goldman Sachs, 51—52

  Gomez, Carlos F, 189—90

  Goodman, Benny, 124

  Goodman, Ellen, 219

  Goodman, Walter, 128

  Goya, Francisco, 216, 217

  Graglia, Lino, 114, 318—19

  Grammy Awards, 132

  Grant, Ulysses S., 255

  Gray, John, 200, 320

  Great Depression, 8, 22, 36, 88, 336

  Great Society, 67

  Greece, ancient, 244, 245

  Greenberg, Paul. 101

  Gregory, Dick, 227

  Grenier, Richard, 80n, 86

  Gross, Paul R., 265, 268

  Grutter v. Bollinger, 358—59, 361

  Gulf War, 91, 221, 222, 285

  gun control, 166—67

  Gunther, Gerald, 118

  Guttmacher Institute, 180—81

  Hackney, Sheldon, 309

  Haggard, Merle, 342

  Hand, Learned, 118

  happiness, pursuit of, 56—65

  Harper v. Virginia State Board of Elections (1966), 105

  Hart, Gary. 221

  Hart, Johnny, 291

  Harvard University, 84, 98, 241, 242, 282, 334

  Law School, 214

  Hasidim, 107n

  hate rock, 135

  Hawaii, Supreme Court of, 112

  Hayden, Tom, 26—27, 30, 87

  Hayek, Friedrich, 83, 332—33

  Hayes office, 141

  health insurance, 322—23

  heavy metal, 134—35

  hedonism, 8, 11, 34, 51.281

  Hefner, Hugh. 138

  Heilbrun, Carolyn, 208

  Hendin, Herbert, 188, 191

  Heritage Foundation, 221

  Herrnstein, Richard, 267—68

  Hersey, John, 43

  Hickey, Adm. Robert, 219—20

  Higher Superstition (Gross and Levitt), 265

  Hills, Carla, 200

  Himmelfarb, Gertrude, 59, 60, 268

  Hippies, 50

  Hiroshima, atomic bombing of, 90

  Hispanics, 107, 212, 299

  bilingual education for, 301

  multiculturalism and, 302, 304, 309

  preferential treatment of, 236, 239—41

  Hispanic studies, 208

  Hitchcock, James, 280, 292

  Hue, Shere, 204—5

  Hitler, Adolf, 102, 191

  Ho Chi Minh, 19

  Hofstadter. Richard. 251, 265

  Hollander, Paul, 89, 262, 333

  Hollywood, see movies

  Holmes, Oliver Wendell, Jr., 101—2, 334

  home-schooling movement, 334

  homicide, see murder

  homosexuality, 53, 55, 103—4, 112—14, 298, 325, 363—77

  and AIDS, 229

  and feminism, 197

  and multiculturalism, 304, 309, 311

  and popular culture, 127, 129

  and religion, 286, 288

  sensitivity training about, 216

  Horowitz, David, 25, 221

  Hot, Sexy and Safer Products, 159

  House of Representatives, U.S., 206, 289

  Housing and Urban Development. U.S. Department of, 200

  Howard, Gerald, 23—24

  Hultgreen, Lt. Kara, 219—20

  humanism, secular, 276, 295

  Humphrey, Hubert, 231

  Hussein, Saddam, 91

  Iannone, Carol, 196

  Ice-T, 125

  identity politics, 195

  Ideologies of Desire (book series), 212—13

  illegitimacy, 3, 143, 154—64, 170, 276, 340

  immigration, 296—302, 311

  illegal, 243, 299

  inclusive language, 287—89

  income tax, progressive, 70—73

  Indians, 90, 212, 254, 255, 323

  affirmative action for, 223

  multiculturalism and, 302, 304, 306—7, 309

  individualism, radical, 5—6, 8, 11, 30, 88, 154, 331—32

  abortion and, 183

  and decline of intellect, 253, 256, 259, 267

  historical sources of, 56—65

  judicial, 98—105, 110—14, 140

  popular culture and, 129, 133, 134, 152

  religion and, 273, 281, 292

  resistance to, 342

  Indonesia, 300

  Inevitability of Patriarchy, The (Goldberg), 211

  infanticide, 178, 182, 183

  Institute on Religion and Democracy, 206, 284

  intellect, decline of, 250—71

  intellectual class, 10, 52, 83—95, 321, 328, 334

  British, 97

  Equal Rights Amendment favored by, 324

  and multiculturalism, 303

  and popular culture, 133, 134

  and religion, 277, 282, 289, 294

  Internet, 135—38, 140, 147

  Iraq, 91, 221, 222

  Irish immigrants, 297, 299

  Irish monasteries, 334—35

  Iroquois Confederacy, 306—7

  Islam, 208, 253, 299—300, 311

  Israel

  kibbutz movement in, 199, 223

  women in armed forces in, 222, 223

  Italian immigrants, 297, 299

  Italy

  fascist, 47, 94

  student rebellion in, 17

  Izvestia, 247

  Jackson, Jesse, 227, 247, 352

  Jackson, Michael, 128, 134, 135

  Japan

  ethical standards in, 276

  in World War II, 90—91

  Jarrell, Randall, 322

  Jay, John, 297

  jazz, 124

  Jefferson, Thoma
s, 56—59, 66—67

  Jencks, Christopher, 20

  Jesuits, 288

  Jews, 280

  blacks and, 245

  discrimination against, see anti-Semitism

  immigration of, 297, 299

  Nazi persecution of, 47

  job stability, 322

  John Paul II, Pope, 294, 337

  Johnson, Lyndon, 20, 67, 233, 243

  Johnson, Paul, 28, 164, 246, 295

  Jones, Thomas, 44

  Jouvenal, Bertrand de, 74, 81

  Judaism, 142, 278, 294

  Orthodox, 336

  Justice Department, U.S., 261

  Civil Rights Division of, 236

  just wage doctrine. 279

  juvenile justice system, 164, 168

  Kalven, Harry, Jr., 70—71

  Kelly, Michael, 87

  Kennedy, Anthony, 214, 349

  Kennedy, John F., 226

  Kent State University, 44—46

  Kerouac, Jack, 1

  Kevorkian, Jack, 186

  kibbutz movement, 199, 223

  Kimball, Roger, 130

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 305

  Kirkpatrick, Jeane, 200, 352

  Klein, Calvin, 125—26

  Knight, Robert, 221

  Knippers, Diane, 206

  Koertge, Norecta, 195—96, 201, 209, 211

  Korean War, 18, 19

  Krauthammer, Charles, 3—4, 184—83

  Kristol, Elizabeth, 187

  Kristol, Irving, 23, 63, 70, 160, 276

  Ku Klux Klan, 255

  Kurtz, Paul, 270

  Kuwait, 91

  Kwakiutl Indians, 323

  Labor Department, U.S., 88

  Labour Party, British, 97

  LaFollette, Robert, 118

  Landolphi, Suzanne, 159

  language

  English, see English language inclusive, 287—89

  Lasch, Christopher, 6, 68, 69, 142, 240, 274, 279

  Lawrence v. Texas, 364—66, 374

  Lawson, Dominic, 246—47

  Lee, Robert E., 255

  Lee v. Weisman (1992), 102

  Lefever, Ernest W., 283

  Lefkowitz, Mary, 244, 245

  legitimacy, crisis of, 109

  Lehman, David, 268

  Leo, John, 126, 130, 138, 141, 306—7, 353

  Lerner, Michael, 87—88

  lesbianism, 197, 202, 205, 213—14

  religion and, 286, 288

  Letter to the Alumni, A (Hersey), 43

  Levi, Edward, 261

  Levin, Gerald M., 131

  Levitt, Norman, 263, 268

  Lewis, C. S., 274—75, 278, 338

  Liberal Parents, Radical Children (Decter), 24

  liberation theology, 282

  Liberia, 300

  libertarians, 150

  liberty, rage for, 56—65

  Lichter, S. Robert, 24

  Limbaugh, Rush, 246—47

  Lincoln, Abraham, 318

  Lincoln-Douglas debates, 270

  Lind, William S., 221

  Lipset, Seymour Martin, 92—93

  Little, Joyce, 287

  Locke, John, 58, 247, 306

  logocentrism, 264

  Los Angeles ‘limes, 291

  Loury, Glenn, 227

  MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, 76—77

  Machiavelli. Niccolo, 247

 

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