European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 21, 1992 commentary the stars and stripes Page 13clinton should look rightward for guidance William f. Buckley a word before the weeks Holiday for this space it Springs from reflections overheard since the appointment by Bill Clinton of his Cabinet and closest advisers. It is said of them that they Are Eclectic that there Are representatives there of several sub denominations of the democratic Faith. And it is True that Clinton a mobilization brings together men and women who have hoisted separate flags. All the More pointed his statement during one of the presidential debates that he alone would decide the economic path for the country which statement elicited from president Bush his most spirited riposte of the season  that a what worries  american conservatives it is widely reported Are in anarchic confusion left without a Mission Ever since the fall of communism and of dogmatic socialism. This is in part True but not in the least surprising for the reason that the enemies of conservatism a Are immortal and b Hydra headed. Under marxism leninism collectivist he realism reached its most refined form a movement at once aggressive atheistic inhumane and Philistine. But when the Berlin Wall went Down that did not bring the end of these impulses. These Are aspects of the human condition and although the afflictions Are individual they gain great Force when they Combine in the engine of the state. The individual can be a great Wastrel and the damage is huge but also intimate. Whereas the state engaged in dissipation can do to itself what Argentina did to itself in our time. In 1939, Argentina a income per capita exceeded that of France. Conservatives Are fascinated by the evolution of the Clinton phenomenon. About it one can at this Point certainly say this much that its focus is statist its appetite for Power very Large and its concern for equal treatment under the Law selective. Moreover some of its concerns Are fanatically pressed and these a for instance sen. A1 Gore on the environment a raise questions of balance always a concern of the conservative. About this last mania one is struck by the words of Malcolm Ross a scientist with the . Geological Survey when he addressed the graduating engineers at Virginia polytechnic in May a we live in a nation with a Short but dramatic history of High technical achievement on its Way to becoming the most frightened nation on Earth a of radon in basements alar on apples greenhouse gases Ozone holes nuclear Energy and nausea. If we were to fund All of the so called High priority environmental projects proposed in the last few years so As to save us from these and other perceived terrors the costs would certainly be greater than the nations Gross National  How shall we achieve the environmental nirvana heralded by a1 Gore in his Book by regulation. We should be headed in the contrary direction toward deregulation which is More merely than an administrative convenience it is the agent of the Wisdom of the marketplace. One recalls a sentence from the reigning poet of the marketplace George Gilder a rather than pushing decisions up through the Hierarchy the Power of microelectronics pulls them remorselessly Down to the individual. One free mind plus a workstation can outperform any array of regimented  Isnit this a fighting Faith running against Washington during the Campaign i noted that none of the most prominent candidates for High office was willing to suggest that what to do to help children whose mothers go to work during the Day should be a concern other than that of the Federal government. Alice Rivlin the new Deputy director of the office of management and budget recommends certain measures of devolution in her new Book reviving the american dream but her emphasis is not Central to the new democratic administration. In Edinburgh Scotland facing the possible dissolution of the maastricht treaty the statesmen gathered there to rediscover the doctrine of subsidiarity to appease those French Danes and brits who shuddered at the implications of centralized control by Brussels Over wages prices welfare and what it is actually that can be sold As  subsidiarity decrees that an Enterprise that can be undertaken by the private sector should not be usurped by the Public sector and that no higher Echelon of government should undertake what a lesser Echelon is capable of handling. It would be reassuring even As it is unexpected that Clinton will discover that part of Rivlin that is most endearing. It was Early in the year that the spirits of american conservatism were exhilarated by the eloquent Epiphany of a Long standing socialist Robert Heilbroner. He wrote a capitalism has been As unmistakable a Success As socialism has been a failure. Here is the part that s hard to Swallow. It has been the Friedman Hacks von mis secs who have maintained that capitalism would flourish and that socialism would develop incurable ailments. All three have regarded capitalism As the a natural system of free men All Nave maintained that left to its own devices capitalism would achieve material growth More successfully than any other system. From my samplings i draw the following discomforting generalization the farther to the . Historical right one looks the More prescient has been the Al foresight the farther to the left the less  by these lights president Clinton should be guided. C Universal press Syndicate censorship an exploding problem in schools what do Huckleberry finn the great gatsby the Catcher in the Rye the wizard of of of mice and men and my Friend flick have in common hint the same thread unites authors William Shakespeare Emily Bronte and Shel Silverstein. The answer is that All and Many More Are unfit for children to read in school according to self appointed censors mostly from the religious right and conservative political groups. A censorship is exploding in our Public schools a reports people for the american Way a nonprofit constitutional liberties organization that has been tracking school censorship for a decade. In its latest report the organization. Documents 376 attacks on the Freedom to learn in the 1991-92 school year including 348 incidents of attempted censorship in which a challenger demanded that curriculum or Library mate rial a novels films plays poetry a be removed or restricted. That  50 percent increase Over 1990-91. In Frederick md., critics tried to remove the  impressions Reading series from More than 25 elementary schools in the District. They charged the series which includes works by or. Seuss . Milne or. Martin Luther King or. And Rudyard Kipling with a negativism being morally depressing. And emphasizing the occult witchcraft and  Carl t. Rowan in Hamilton Ohio a challenger of of mice and men said a anybody that a got a child  want them to read this Book. It should be burned up put in a fire. Its not fit for a Heathen to  the would be censors says people for the american Way president Arthur j. Kropp spout much of the same a family values rhetoric that we heard at the Republican National convention and during the presidential Campaign. Kropp contends that the rising attacks on Public education Are a one manifestation of the larger National climate of intolerance that Many believe is reaching near toxic Levels in american society. We see it in the deepening divisions along religious racial and ideological lines. We hear it in Campaign rhetoric that attempts to drive wedges Between different groups of  unfortunately the attacks succeed far too often. A people for reports that challenged materials were removed or restricted in two fifths of the incidents in 1991-92, the highest rate in the last four years. What a behind that Success is not Law or common sense but intimidation. Joan Delfattore a professor of English at the University of Delaware and author of a new Book what Johnny  read Points out that most censorship efforts lose in court. Nevertheless they achieve their goals because frightened publishers and school boards practice self censorship. Ironically both Kropp and Delfattore suggest that a key to fighting censorship is not less parental and Community involvement in schools but More by All who value children a Freedom to learn and openly Exchange ideas. C North America Syndicate