These essays address the condition of our country and the capacity or incapacity of our institutions to respond to that condition. The opening address by Irving Kristol describes how the media and the opinion polls tend to distort our view of the political landscape. Contributors: Vladimir Bukovsky, Lucy S. Dawidowicz, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Suzanne Garment, Owen Harries, Penn Kemble, Neal Kozodoy, Irving Kristol, Michael Novak, Norman Podhoretz, Nelson W. Polsby, Austin Ranney, Eugene V. Rostow, Laurence H. Silberman, Thomas Sowell, Ben J. Wattenberg, and James Q. Wilson. Co-published with the Committee for the Free World.

These essays address the condition of our country and the capacity or incapacity of our institutions to respond to that condition. The opening address by Irving Kristol describes how the media and the opinion polls tend to distort our view of the political landscape. Contributors: Vladimir Bukovsky, Lucy S. Dawidowicz, Chester E. Finn, Jr., Suzanne Garment, Owen Harries, Penn Kemble, Neal Kozodoy, Irving Kristol, Michael Novak, Norman Podhoretz, Nelson W. Polsby, Austin Ranney, Eugene V. Rostow, Laurence H. Silberman, Thomas Sowell, Ben J. Wattenberg, and James Q. Wilson. Co-published with the Committee for the Free World.