Word: compassioner
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EVERYTHING THAT RISES MUST CONVERGE, by Flannery O'Connor. These last brilliant stories by the late Miss O'Connor give no quarter to pity and seldom, even, to compassion. Instead, they illustrate the author's favorite themes: the bonds between parent and child, between the tyrannical weak...
This name-calling of "realistic" and "tenderminded" does not clarify things much. Each of us is convinced that within his own vision of the mechanics of world affairs lies that ideal combination of compassion and realism in the face of decisions of power. The first problem is to discover what...
Hoffmann's introduction is modest. Aron is not only a columnist; he is the best of the West's myriad political commentators. Reading him, one cannot help feeling he has achieved the optimum mix of compassion and realism. The Great Debate is an example of neutral analysis in the service...
"I Don't Expect to Duck." For Lyndon Johnson, the days run into nights and the nights into days. "Some days," he said, "I suddenly realize at 5 o'clock that I haven't had lunch." Frequently, he is still on the telephone at 4 a.m. He...
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE has the compassion and sensitivity of early Arthur Miller at its best. The tragedy brought by a Brooklyn longshoreman to himself and his family is powerfully depicted by a fine cast.