Liberty Clarified
In the May-June issue on page 29, there is an exchange between R. Morris and the Editor about the other “Liberty magazines.” I think there was some minor confusion on both sides. R. Morris obviously is thinking of the Literary Digest, not Liberty magazine. It was the Literary Digest which “committed suicide” by publishing the famous poll predicting the election of Alf Landon. Actually, I don’t think they were trying to dictate the outcome; they just used poor polling methods.
It is true that there is a libertarian Liberty magazine, but that is being published right now rather than in the past. The most well-known Liberty was a mass-circulation magazine that flourished during the golden age of general magazines such as the Saturday Evening Post and Ladies Home Journal before and just after World War II.
People of my generation (I am 75 years old) have always identified that publication as THE Liberty Magazine. With all due respect, when you started to send me your splendid publication devoted to religious freedom, I thought that you were some sort of interloper by using the title “Liberty.” However, there is no copyright for titles, and you have every right to the name “Liberty,” not only because you have been in publication since 1906, but also because of the thought-provoking content in your pages.
Eli Kaminsky,
Phoenix, Arizona
Liberty Discovered
I discovered Liberty through the Ruth Enlow Library of Oakland, Maryland where my wife is a librarian. Having read the March/April and May/June issues of Liberty, I would like to obtain back copies of your magazine.
I teach an honors course at West Virginia University on “A History of Religion in American Politics,” and I have found several of the articles in Liberty helpful.
George T. Rogers
Terra Alta, West Virginia.
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