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The Wit and Wisdom of Vardis Fisher

 A Selection of 45 Newspaper Columns Compiled and Edited 

by T. Roberts Fisher

 

Table of Contents

 

War

Letter to His Son Wayne After Pearl Harbor (1941)

Roses, Roses all the Way (1943)

One World Order (1945)

How to Win the Cold War (1950)

Futility of Korean War (1950)

US Confrontation with Russia and China (1950)

The Vietnam War--We Never Learn (1965)

Kennedy, McNamara, and the Vietnam War (1966)

 

Politics and Government

Salaries of Politicians (1945)

Minority Rights (1945)

The Roosevelt Myth (1945)

Shortcomings of US Foreign Policy (1947)

Eisenhower, Big Labor, and Big Business (1956)

Goldwater vs. Johnson (1964)

JFK a Flop as President (1964)

Evils of Socialism (1965)

 

Social Problems

Overpopulation (1948)

Crime and Punishment (1951)

Children and Drugs (1954)

Declining Standards in Education (1958)

Race and Illegitimacy (1959)

Obscenity in the Arts (1966)

 

Women, Love, and Marriage

Virtues of a Good Wife (1943)

Clothes Make the Man (1946)

Women's Fashions (1954)

 

Religion

Rebirth of Religion? (1943)

Neurotic Nature of Man (1948)

Fisher's Concept of God (1950)

Diversity of Belief Drives Human Progress (1951)

Dim Future for Organized Religion (1962)

 

Personal Values

A Parable of Our Time (1941)

The Search for Truth (1945)

Defenders of Truth Pay High Price (1948)

Vardis Fisher's Heroes (1949)

Requiem for a Friend (1952)

 

Humor

Writers on Relief (1941)

A Victory Garden (1943)

Strikes (1945)

Coffee and Alcohol (1946)

Fisher Declares His Candidacy for Public Office (1950)

Fisher Critiques His Political Opponents (1950)

Fisher Adds Some Planks to His Platform (1950)

Fisher Analyzes His Defeat at the Polls (1950)

A Sense of Humus (1953)

Advantages of Growing Old (1954)


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