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NROriginals Your Weekly Guide to the Best National Review Magazine Articles from the '50s, '60s, and '70s  This Week's Featured Issue: December 22, 1972   Please Enjoy the Following NR Articles . . . The Future of American Politics By Kevin Phillips        The early '70s saw a huge upheaval in American politics. The Republicans had a chance to latch on to a large segment of the old New Deal vote. Kevin Phillips thought that the Nixon administration failed to see the opportunity for what it was and was poised to miss it. Read the article here.     Frisking: The Social Dividend By William F. Buckley, Jr.           In his "On the Right" column, WFB writes about the ACLU's concern over airport frisking, a "fusion" candidate running for NYC mayor, and the uproar over a political poll given to Princeton faculty members. Read it here.       An Explosive Chess Game By Nena Ossa             NR's Chilean correspondent reports on the anti-Communist strikes in that country and speculates on the sympathies of General Prats. The possibility of Allende's Communists gaining control of the military was a real threat. No one foresaw Prat retiring and the rise of Pinochet. Read the piece here.     The Sudden Death of Feticide By Russell Kirk              Abortion-on-demand proposals on ballots in November, 1971, in Michigan and North Dakota were defeated and New York's legislature repealed its liberal abortion law (although Governor Rockefeller vetoed the bill.) Russell Kirk predicted that the campaign for legalized abortion was too unpopular to gain traction. One month later the Supreme Court took the matter out of the states' hands. Read the piece here.      Quick Links:  National Review Online    National Review Magazine Save 75% . . .  Subscribe to National Review magazine today and save 75% off the newsstand price. Click here for details.   Check out all of NRO's free newsletters: Morning Jolt, The Goldberg File, NRO Digest, and NROriginals. Click here for details. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Join the NROriginals Mailing List - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

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