December 1959 Issue [The Editor’s Easy Chair] Christmas list Adjust Share by John Fischer, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century African Americans Alexander A. Falk Arnold H. Maremont Chicago Christmas Civil service positions Community power Conflict of interests Corporations David Irons England Espionage, Soviet Ethics Francis P. Dunn Frank Gibney George Lavery Horse racing Houston Illinois Insurance crimes Italy Jet planes Law and legislation Longford Naples New York New York (N.Y.) New York (State) Noise Orphanages Peter Deriabin Philanthropists Political activity Political corruption Political ethics Puerto Ricans Samuel Simon Leibowitz Social conditions Stephen M. (Stephen Marvin) Young Texas United States United StatesCongressSenate Washington (D.C.) More from John Fischer Ugliness and Tension The question for the arriving generation is not whether our society is imperfect (we can take that for granted), but how to deal with that imperfection. So far as I… From “Letter from Leete’s Island Field notes on the manners, morals, and customs of the Connecticut Yankee," January 1969 From “Letter to a new leftist, from a tired liberal,” March 1966 Adjust Share