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Fruitless Grain

by Thomas Fleming

Chronicles, July 1986, pp. 8-11

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    14. Stage by Gary S. Vasilash, p. 41
    15. Letter From Minnesota by Allan C. Carlson, pp. 42-43
    16. Letter From the Southwest by Odie Faulk, p. 44
    17. Letter From the Lower Right by John Shelton Reed, p. 45
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    20. Polemics and Exchanges by Irving Louis Horowitz, p. 48
    21. Professor Ashton Replies , p. 48
    22. On "Animals and 'Other Awkward Cases'" by Jon Wynne-Tyson, pp. 48-52
    23. On the Cover by Elmia Fitz
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    24. On the Cover by Zbigniew Fitz and Emilia Fitz
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    17. Letter From Europe by Harold O.J. Brown, pp. 46-48
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      1. The First Theologians by Charles Wesley Lowry, Stanley Atkins, and Theodore McConnell, ...
      2. Philosophy Through the Looking-Glass by Jean-Jacques Lecercle
      3. A G.K. Chesterton Anthology by P.J. Kavanagh and G.K. Chesterton
    17. [+]
      Disintering Detente by Michael Warder, pp. 38-39 - 1 Review
      1. The Soviet Paradox by Seweryn Bialer
    18. Letter From Wisconsin by David Tillotson, p. 40
    19. Letter From the Heartland by Jane Greer, p. 41
    20. Letter From the Lower Right by John Shelton Reed, p. 42
    21. [+]
      Screen: Paying and Praying on the Old Homestead by E. Christian Kopff, pp. 43-44 - 3 Reviews
      1. Places in the Heart (1984 Film) by Robert Benton
      2. Country (1984 Film) by Richard Pearce
      3. The River (1984 Film) by Mark Rydell
    22. Music by Janet Scott Barlow, pp. 45-46
    23. Stage by David Kaufman, pp. 47-49
    24. Art by Andrei Navrozov, pp. 50-52
    25. On the Cover by Igor Galanin
  8. [+]
    August 1986 Issue = 27 Articles
    1. Cultural Revolutions, pp. 6-9
    2. Journalists and Other Anthropoids by Thomas Fleming, pp. 10-11
    3. On Genetic Determinism and Morality by Edward O. Wilson, pp. 12-14
    4. Monkeys and Machine-Guns: Evolution, Darwinism, and Christianity by Stanley L. Jaki, pp. 15-19
    5. [+]
      Lame Hands of Socialist Faith by Paul Hollander, p. 20 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Nature and Logic of Capitalism by Robert L. Heilbroner
      2. Socialism and America by Irving Howe
    6. Early Music by Rudolph Schirmer, p. 21
    7. [+]
      Pleasant Words & Ugly Books by Ronald Berman, pp. 22-23 - 2 Reviews
      1. Fair of Speech by D.J. Enright
      2. Plausible Prejudices by Joseph Epstein
    8. [+]
      Not a Prayer by Joseph Schwartz, pp. 24-25 - 2 Reviews
      1. Without God, Without Creed by James C. Turner
      2. Habits of the Heart by Robert N. Bellah, Richard Madsen, and William M. Sullivan, ...
    9. [+]
      Books in Brief---Education, p. 26 - 2 Reviews
      1. None of the Above by David Owen
      2. Last Chance for Our Children by Bill Honig
    10. [+]
      Faith and Empathy by Jonathan Chaves, p. 27 - 1 Review
      1. Chinese Rites Controversy From Its Beginning to Modern Times by George Minamiki
    11. [+]
      Books in Brief--Religion & Philosophy, pp. 28-29 - 4 Reviews
      1. History of the Concept of Time by Martin Heidegger
      2. The Definition of Moral Virtue by Yves R. Simon and Vukan Kuic
      3. The Collected Works of G.K. Chesterton, Vol. I by David Dooley and G.K. Chesterton
      4. The Bible and the Narrative Tradition by Frank McConnell
    12. [+]
      Ez and Old VORT by Brian Murray, p. 30 - 1 Review
      1. Pound/Lewis by Timothy Materer, Ezra Pound, and Wyndham Lewis
    13. [+]
      Us and Them by Michael Warder, p. 31 - 2 Reviews
      1. Inside Stalin's Secret Police by Robert Conquest
      2. Soviet Defectors by Vladislav Krasnov
    14. [+]
      Madman in the Dock by Christopher Muldor, p. 32 - 1 Review
      1. Crime and Madness by Thomas Maeder
    15. [+]
      Nailing Mailer by Michael Fumento, p. 33 - 1 Review
      1. The Victim's Song by Alice R. Kaminsky
    16. [+]
      Bashing the Baptists, p. 33 - 1 Review
      1. Redemptorama by Carol Flake
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief---Evolution, p. 34 - 4 Reviews
      1. The Essential Darwin by Kenneth Korey and Charles Darwin
      2. The Survival of Charles Darwin by Ronald W. Clark
      3. Culture and the Evolutionary Process by Robert Boyd and Peter J. Richerson
      4. The Great Arch by Philip Corrigan and Derek Sayer
    18. [+]
      Screen: The Virgin and the Paparazzo by Sam Karnick, p. 35 - 1 Review
      1. Hail Mary (1985 Film) by Jean-Luc Godard
    19. Art by Caroline Morgan, p. 36
    20. Stage by Francis Donahue, pp. 37-39
    21. Letter From the Southwest by Odie B. Faulk, p. 40
    22. Letter From the Caribbean by Geoffrey Wagner, pp. 41-42
    23. Letter From the Heartland by Jane Greer, p. 43
    24. Letter From the Lower Right by John Shelton Reed, p. 44
    25. Temporizing on the Thames by Andrei Navrozov, p. 45
    26. Concert in the Park by Andrei Navrozov, pp. 46-48
    27. On the Cover by Zbigniew Fitz and Emilia Fitz
  9. [+]
    September 1986 Issue = 29 Articles
    1. Cultural Revolutions, pp. 6-7
    2. Readers Survey, pp. 8-9
    3. Short Views by Thomas Fleming, pp. 10-11
    4. Modern Conservatism and the Burden of Joe McCarthy by Thomas C. Reeves, pp. 12-15
    5. The Evil That Men Don't Do: Joe McCarthy and the American Right by Samuel T. Francis, pp. 16-20
    6. And the Kindly KGB Handed Out Hot Soup by Arnold Beichman, pp. 21-25
    7. [+]
      The War Against the West by Lee Congdon, pp. 26-28 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Expansion of International Society by Hedley Bull and Adam Watson
      2. The Lawful Rights of Mankind by Paul Sieghart
    8. [+]
      Letters From Tocqueville by John Lukacs, p. 29 - 1 Review
      1. Alexis de Tocqueville by Roger Boesche and Alexis de Tocqueville
    9. [+]
      Germania Tremens by Arthur M. Eckstein, pp. 30-33 - 2 Reviews
      1. Germany Today by Walter Laqueur
      2. On Writing and Politics, 1967-1983 by Gunter Grass
    10. [+]
      Rendering Unto Caesar by Daniel J. O'Neil, p. 34 - 1 Review
      1. Theologians Under Hitler by Robert P. Ericksen
    11. [+]
      Books in Brief---From Paris to Pretoria, p. 35 - 3 Reviews
      1. International Social Science Journal by Peter Lengyel
      2. Dispensations by Richard John Neuhaus
      3. Third World Ideology and Western Reality by Carlos Rangel
    12. [+]
      Epigones of the Lost Generation by Carl C. Curtis, p. 36 - 1 Review
      1. After the Lost Generation by John W. Aldridge
    13. [+]
      From Jeb and Abigail, p. 36 - 1 Review
      1. Manuscripts: The First Twenty Years by Priscilla Taylor, Norbert E. Klingelhofer, and Kenneth W. Rendell, ...
    14. [+]
      Going Back to Charleston, p. 37 - 1 Review
      1. Intellectual Life in Antebellum Charleston by Michael O'Brien and David Moltke-Hansen
    15. [+]
      Journalists and Other Turncoats by John Romjue, p. 37 - 1 Review
      1. Conversations with the Enemy by Winston Groom and Duncan L. Spencer
    16. [+]
      Telling Stories Out of School by Brian Murray, p. 38 - 1 Review
      1. P.E.N. New Fiction I by Peter Ackroyd
    17. [+]
      The Mafioso by Christopher Muldor, p. 38 - 1 Review
      1. Organized Crime by Howard Abadinsky
    18. [+]
      The Celts of the West by Andrew Shaughnessy, p. 39 - 1 Review
      1. The Lords of the Isles by Ronald Williams
    19. [+]
      Screen: Ground Zero, 1950 by Kate Dalton, p. 40 - 1 Review
      1. Desert Bloom (1986 Film) by Eugene Corr
    20. Art by Inga Karetnikova and Igor Golomstock, pp. 41-44
    21. Letter From Poland by James H. Bowden, p. 45
    22. Letter From the Heartland by Jane Greer, pp. 46-48
    23. Letter From New York by Stephen Kogan, p. 49
    24. Letter From the Lower Right by John Shelton Reed, p. 49
    25. Polemics & Exchanges by Sean Robert Gerety, p. 50
    26. The Editor Replies , p. 51
    27. On 'Naming the Bard' by F.W. Brownlow, p. 51
    28. Ms. Greer Replies , pp. 51-52
    29. On the Cover by Eric R. von Keuhnelt-leddhihn
  10. [+]
    October 1986 Issue = 26 Articles
    1. Cultural Revolutions, pp. 6-7
    2. The Uses of Diversity: Recovering the Recent Past by Thomas Fleming, pp. 8-9
    3. The Novel and the Imperial Self by John W. Aldridge, pp. 10-12
    4. A Scrap of Moonlight by Martin Seymour-Smith, pp. 13-16
    5. The Doors of Deception by John P. Sisk, pp. 17-20
    6. Fad Fatherhoo by Janet Scott Barlow, pp. 21-25
    7. [+]
      Faces of Clio by Robert Nisbet, pp. 26-29 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Vital Past by Stephen Vaughn
      2. Britain and the Weimar Republic by F.L. Carsten
      3. The Fringes of Power by John Colville
    8. [+]
      Still, Sad Music by Fred Chappell, pp. 30-31 - 1 Review
      1. Seas and Inland Journeys by James Applewhite
    9. [+]
      When He Was Good by Brian Murray, pp. 32-34 - 1 Review
      1. Zuckerman Bound: A Trilogy and Epilogue by Philip Roth
    10. [+]
      Off Center, On Target by Gregory Wolfe, pp. 35-36 - 3 Reviews
      1. Scandal, or Priscilla's Kindness by A.N. Wilson
      2. Small World by David Lodge
      3. The Only Problem by Muriel Spark
    11. [+]
      Amazing Grace by Carl C. Curtis, p. 37 - 1 Review
      1. This Grace Given by David H.C. Read
    12. [+]
      Barroom Psychiatry by Gary Jason, p. 37 - 1 Review
      1. The Myth of Neurosis by Garth Wood
    13. [+]
      Sorcery in the Kremlin by Michael Warder, p. 38 - 1 Review
      1. The Set-Up by Vladimir Volkoff
    14. [+]
      Remembering Roswitha by Caroline Morgan, p. 38 - 1 Review
      1. The Dramas of Hrotsvit of Gandersheim by Katharina M. Wilson and Hrotsvit of Gandersheim, ...
    15. [+]
      Decent Folk From Georgia by Stephen L. Tanner, p. 39 - 1 Review
      1. Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns
    16. Letter From Managua by Wallace Kaufman, p. 40
    17. [+]
      Books in Brief, p. 40 - 4 Reviews
      1. Thomas De Quincey: Bicentenary Studies by Robert Lance Snyder
      2. William Shakespeare by Terry Eagleton
      3. The Language of the Heart by James J. Lynch
      4. Hollywood: Legend and Reality by Michael Webb
    18. Letter From the Heartland by Jane Greer, p. 41
    19. [+]
      Books in Brief---Asian, p. 42 - 2 Reviews
      1. The Making of a Moonie by Eileen Barker
      2. Autobiography of a Chinese Girl by Ping-Ying Hsieh
    20. Letter From the Lower Right by John Shelton Reed, p. 43
    21. Polemics & Exchanges, p. 44
    22. The Editor Replies , p. 45
    23. [+]
      Screen: Critic's Choice by Sam Karnick, p. 46 - 1 Review
      1. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986 Film) by Woody Allen
    24. Stage by David Kaufman, pp. 47-48
    25. Art by Andrei Navrozov, pp. 49-54
    26. On the Cover by Colleen Browning
  11. [+]
    November 1986 Issue = 25 Articles
    1. Cultural Revolutions, p. 6
    2. [+]
      Books in Brief---Religion, p. 7 - 4 Reviews
      1. Some Mistakes of Moses by Robert G. Ingersoll
      2. Francis A. Schaeffer: Portraits of the Man and His Work by Lane T. Dennis
      3. Getting the Word Out by Theodore Baehr
      4. Martyn Lloyd-Jones: Chosen by God by Christopher Catherwood
    3. Speak the Word Only by Thomas Fleming, p. 8
    4. Best Books of 1986, pp. 9-10
    5. The Search for the Sacred by Thomas Molnar, pp. 11-12
    6. Still by Peter Dale, p. 13
    7. Olaf Stapledon: Philosopher and Fabulist by Stephen R.L. Clark, pp. 14-17
    8. Orwell and Religion by Alvaro de Silva, pp. 18-19
    9. David Jones: The Last Liturgical Poet by Thomas P. McDonnell, pp. 20-21
    10. [+]
      Clipping the Angel's Wings by Bryce J. Christensen, pp. 22-23 - 3 Reviews
      1. The Rustle of Language by Roland Barthes
      2. The Humiliation of the Word by Jacques Ellul
      3. Rhetoric and Form: Deconstruction at Yale by Robert C. Davis and Ronald Schleifer
    11. [+]
      Books in Brief---Languages, pp. 24-25 - 4 Reviews
      1. Homeric Greek: A Book for Beginners by Clyde Pharr and John Wright
      2. Hobson-Jobson by Henry Yule, A.C. Burnell, and William Crooke
      3. Word Mysteries and Histories
      4. Social Communication in Advertising by William Leiss, Stephen Kline, and Sut Jhally
    12. [+]
      Sons of Jacob by Paul Gottfried, pp. 26-28 - 3 Reviews
      1. Jews Under Roman and Byzantine Rule by M. Avi-Yonah
      2. Judios, Espanoles en la Edad Media by Luis Suarez Fernandez
      3. L'Eclipse du Sacre by Alain de Benoist and Thomas Molnar
    13. [+]
      Second Adam by John L. Romjue, p. 29 - 1 Review
      1. Jesus Through the Centuries by Jaroslav Pelikan
    14. [+]
      Dialogue of Self and Soul by Philip F. Lawler, p. 30 - 1 Review
      1. Death of the Soul by William Barrett
    15. [+]
      The Future of Private Language by William Rice, p. 31 - 1 Review
      1. Selected Poems by John Ashbery
    16. [+]
      Castro's Heart of Darkness by Michael Warder, pp. 32-33 - 1 Review
      1. Against All Hope by Armando Valladares
    17. Letter From Maryland by Martin Morse Wooster, p. 34
    18. Letter From the Presbytery by C.A. McGhee, pp. 35-36
    19. Letter From the Heartland by Jane Greer, p. 37
    20. Letter From the Lower Right by John Shelton Reed, pp. 38-39
    21. Polemics & Exchanges, pp. 40-41
    22. [+]
      Screen: Star Dreck by Sam Karnick, p. 42 - 2 Reviews
      1. Cobra (1986 Film) by George P. Cosmatos
      2. Sweet Liberty (1986 Film) by Alan Alda
    23. Television by Janet Scott Barlow, pp. 43-45
    24. Typefaces by Joseph Schwartz, pp. 46-48
    25. On the Cover by Anna Mycek-Wodecki
8. [+]
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9. [+]
  Issues of 1988 = 12 Issues, 321 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1989 = 12 Issues, 318 Articles
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  Issues of 1990 = 11 Issues, 286 Articles
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  Issues of 1991 = 12 Issues, 314 Articles
3. [+]
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4. [+]
  Issues of 1993 = 12 Issues, 284 Articles
5. [+]
  Issues of 1994 = 12 Issues, 292 Articles
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  Issues of 1995 = 12 Issues, 311 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 1996 = 12 Issues, 321 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 1997 = 12 Issues, 293 Articles
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  Issues of 1998 = 12 Issues, 283 Articles
10. [+]
  Issues of 1999 = 12 Issues, 292 Articles
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  Issues of 2000 = 12 Issues, 320 Articles
2. [+]
  Issues of 2001 = 12 Issues, 356 Articles
3. [+]
  Issues of 2002 = 12 Issues, 331 Articles
4. [+]
  Issues of 2003 = 11 Issues, 316 Articles
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  Issues of 2004 = 12 Issues, 335 Articles
6. [+]
  Issues of 2005 = 12 Issues, 320 Articles
7. [+]
  Issues of 2006 = 12 Issues, 314 Articles
8. [+]
  Issues of 2007 = 11 Issues, 289 Articles
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  Issues of 2008 = 9 Issues, 224 Articles
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  Issues of 2009 = 10 Issues, 260 Articles
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