The New Republic, July 17, 1971
The kind of progress Hopis can’t absorb is that which makes them dependent upon white man’s jobs or welfare, destroys their attachment to the earth, and profanes their religion. The tragedy lies not only in our readiness to commit cultural genocide, but in our inability to listen to a people who’ve been around a lot longer than we have, and may know something we don’t know.
The New Republic, July 3, 1971
The root problem is to decrease America’s appetite for neon glitter, artificial air and electricity-devouring conveniences such as aluminum beer cans — or, if that can’t be done, to arrange that those who desire electricity bear the full costs of its production.
The New Republic, June 19, 1971
IT’S HARD for people in cities to appreciate the need for land reform in the United States. Most of us have been so cut off from the land that, through ignorance, we accept present landholding patterns as desirable or inevitable. They are neither.
The New Republic, June 12, 1971
UNTIL the 1920s, it was natural for field laborers to aspire to become small farmers. Today it is almost unthinkable.
The New Republic, June 5, 1971
A HUNDRRED years ago, land for the landless was a battle cry. How things have changed.
The New Republic, April 10, 1971
THE OTHER DAY I received a telephone call from a harried civil servant named Wayne Thrush. Mr. Thrush works in the department of the Internal Revenue Service that tracks down delinquent taxpayers, of whom I am one.
The New Republic, March 20, 1971
The New Republic, March 20, 1971
MOST STATES in America welcome population growth. They like the clout it adds to the local economy, to representation in Congress and in the electoral college. Not Oregon.
The New Republic, May 9, 1970
END-THE-DRAFT advocates have succeeded in directing the nation’s gaze towards the beguiling goal of what, it is claimed, would be a painless military. Alas, it is a prospect that under present conditions is neither attainable nor desirable.
The New Republic, December 20, 1969
TO RECTIFY the preponderance of military recruiting on the airwaves, San Francisco peace groups have asked TV stations to broadcast anti-recruitment ads (“See your draft counselor, not your recruiter”) as well. Their basis is the Fairness Doctrine.
The Nation, September 8, 1969
CAN A MAN be classified and inducted by a draft board whose members do not live in the area of the board’s jurisdiction? According to two federal judges in Northern California, the answer is no.
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