December 1961 Issue [The Editor’s Easy Chair] Christmas list Download PDF Adjust Share by John Fischer, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 1951- 20th century Advertising, Newspaper African Americans Alfred A. Knopf Authorship Awards Betty Friedan Billboards Birmingham Birmingham (England) California CARE (U.S: International relief) Christmas Christmas cards Civic improvement College teaching Community and school Community organization Connecticut Country clubs Diplomatic and consular service, African Documentary films Dorothy Bell Lawrence Edmund G. Love England Film adaptations Flower gardening Fox hunting Harper's Installment plan Law and legislation Mary Lasker Maryland Morris Leopold Ernst Motion picture actors and actresses New York New York (N.Y.) New York (State) Police, Black Politics and government Psychological aspects Québec (Province) Race relations Republicans Richard W. (Richard Ward) Reuter Rockland County Segregation Shell Oil Company Soccer Socialism and society Sports facilities Stage adaptations United States United States Highway 40 University of Texas Westport Williams College Witchcraft Women in politics Zimbabwe 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