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...BARRY GOLDWATER won the 1964 election, Garry Wills might well have written a book praising him; until a few years ago, Wills was a regular contributor to National Review, and one of the most erudite of the Right Wing theoreticians. He was an ardent supporter of Goldwater, William Buckley, and all the hopeless causes of the American Right. Safe in his ivory tower (he was Professor of Classics at Johns Hopkins), he wrote learned essays about the evils of Liberalism, and monographs on the Servile...
Something has happened to Garry Wills. None of his old colleagues quite understands what, although Buckley has noted, with his usual bad taste, that "Garry has taken to the Left with alcoholic gusto." Buckley is trite, of course, but also inaccurate, for, Willis has rejected just about every coherent political philosophy- from Fascist to radical- in this book. In six hundred sprawling pages of not very lucid prose, he has condemned almost every politician he comes across...
...Furthermore." Buckley said, "segregation is not isolation. Mann simply can't mix with the other prisoners. He can still have visitors, mail, and food...
...group had been requesting information about why Mann was transferred from Deer Island to the Middlessex House of Correction and why he was placed in segregation upon arrival September 30. "They just wanted some answers and they seemed relieved by what was said this afternoon," Buckley said...
Homans said that the meeting with the sheriff had been only partially successful. "Though we obtained Mr. Buckley's cooperation in removing Mann from segregation, we won't get conclusive answers on the other issues unless we get a court hearing. Since Eric was placed in segregation immediately, it couldn't have been based on his political, activities in the Middlesex House of Correction. Still, I'm glad he'll be out of segregation...