December 1973 Issue [The Easy Chair] The Christmas honors list Download PDF Adjust Share by John Fischer, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 20th century B.D. Wadhwa Bernard Augustine De Voto Betty Kitzman Boston California Campaign funds Chattanooga Connie B. Gay Country music radio stations England Francis J. Lally Historic preservation India Iowa James Fitzgerald, Duke of, Leinster Jon Crews Law and legislation London Massachusetts New Delhi Paul Laune Political corruption Quarter horse Railroad stations Real estate business Tennessee United States Urban renewal Wallace Earle Stegner Wildlife conservation 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