In the midst of nationwide prosperity, some economic and social problems keep nagging at the public. All over the country, they take the same form. What are they? Traffic congestion, inadequate roads, overcrowded schools, juvenile delinquency, water shortages. Such matters have proven troublesome in many ways; above all, they seem to breed conflicts.
Fierce battles are [...]

Dear Mr. Read:
Congratulations on publishing the stimulating and challenging article on “Ownership and Control of Water” in the November issue of Ideas On Liberty.
It is highly important that we think more about such fine points of complexity in our societal system. I offer these further thoughts on water rights, not as the final solution, but in an effort [...]

I am greatly disappointed in Mr. Frank Meyer’s column of November 10. [1] Despite the challenging title of his column (”Principles and Heresies”), his erudition, and his generally brilliant perception, Mr. Meyer is ultimately a Middle-of-the-Roader. For some time, he has endeavored to square the circle and simultaneously integrate liberty and statism, reason and tradition, radicalism [...]

March 7, 1956
Woodstock, N.Y.
 
Dear Frank,
That Fischer [John Fischer, "Why Is the Conservative Voice So Hoarse?" Harper's Magazine, 212 #1270 (March 1956), pp. 17–18, 20, 22] horror in Harpers’ set me thinking on this whole “conservatism” shebang. The time has come, I believe, for me to try to blast conservatism out of the water.
The Fischer article exemplifies [...]