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Commentary after half a century.

The writer discusses the contributions to the 50th anniversary issue of the journal Commentary and that journal's political stance. The journal invited writers to discuss whether U.S. society was unraveling under the pressures of multiculturalism and/or racial polarization, unchecked immigration, in...

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Published in:Dissent (00123846) Vol. 44; pp. 101 - 107
Main Author: Wrong, Dennis Hume
Format: Article
Published: University of Pennsylvania Press Winter97
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