Barry Goldwater

The death of that lovable old conservative--a conservative in the truest sense of the word, unlike the extremists of the religious right--the crusty Barry M. Goldwater (May 30), rekindled memories of a Senate filled with some of the greatest legislators of the 20th century. Whether or not one shared their political philosophy, Everett Dirksen, Paul Douglas, J. William Fulbright, Ernest Gruening, Hubert Humphrey, Henry Jackson, Jacob K. Javits, Lyndon Johnson, Kenneth Keating, Bob Kerr, Russell Long, Wayne Morse and Richard Russell were giants.

Many worlds collided Sunday night on the second episode of this season's long-anticipated “Mad Men”: Don Draper and the Rolling Stones. Fat, depressed Betty and Don's mod new wife, Megan. And a sideways swipe at George Romney, a onetime presidential candidate, that had many wondering if series creator Matthew Weiner was implying something about his son, Mitt, front-runner in the current Republican presidential campaign. In the episode, Betty's new husband, Henry Francis, a Republican political operative working for New York City Mayor John Lindsay, tells someone on the phone, “Well, tell Jim his honor's not going to Michigan.

Sen. Barry M. Goldwater (R-Ariz.) was awarded the Aero Club of Southern California's eighth annual Howard Hughes Memorial Award last week at a banquet in the Spruce Goose Dome in Long Beach. Presentation of the award to Goldwater for his "outstanding contribution to aviation and space flights" was made by William R. Lummis, 57, chairman of the board of Summa Corp. and Howard Hughes' first cousin.

To get a modern-day perspective on the euphoria Arizonans felt on Feb. 14, 1912, when they were granted statehood, try to imagine the Cardinals winning the Super Bowl. Or the Diamondbacks winning the World Series. Or the Suns at long last nailing the NBA Championship. The territory had lusted after the equal status that came with statehood much like a teenager waiting for his driver's license. Sen. Albert J. Beveridge, an Indiana Republican and the chairman of the Senate Committee on Territories, was the bane of Arizona.

Although he retired years ago as a major general in the Air Force Reserve, Sen. Barry Goldwater was formally mustered out and given a ceremonial farewell Wednesday by the nation's top military leaders. The Pentagon staged the armed forces salute to the Arizona Republican on the parade ground in front of the River Entrance to the five-sided building, erected during World War II, when Goldwater served in the Army infantry. Amid pomp and ceremony, Goldwater was lauded by Defense Secretary Caspar W.

It is one of the most famous political ads of all time. A little girl innocently plucks petals off a daisy. An ominous male voice begins a countdown to what turns out to be a nuclear explosion. As the mushroom cloud rises, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson intones, "These are the stakes, to make a world in which all of God's children can live or go into the dark. We must either love each other, or we must die."

From the vantage of his house above the city, and of his 86 years, Barry Goldwater looks over the valley and talks political heresy: given the right presidential candidate, he might just turn into a Democrat. And the "right" candidate isn't the one he's endorsed. It's Colin Powell, retired chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who hasn't said which party he'd run in, should he decide to enter the 1996 campaign.

Barry Goldwater says in his autobiography that he never passed up a chance to speak in Arizona schools. The first time I ran into him was almost 30 years ago when he came to visit my high school, an honest-to-God U.S. senator ready to answer any kid's question. His new book captures that part of the man, the direct, no-nonsense quality of an unpompous guy who in the end is always "our Barry."

President Reagan today named former Sen. Barry Goldwater (R-Ariz.) to the Board of Visitors to the U.S. Air Force Academy.

During Lawrence Cheek's 5,000 miles annually through Arizona (Heritage Hotels, Jan. 5)he should have learned that Barry Goldwater always kicked off his Senate campaigns in the small town of Fredonia, Ariz., not Prescott. HELEN BROOKS Palm Springs Editor's note: According to Barry Goldwater's office, Prescott was the kickoff for all of his campaigns and Fredonia was the close.

Move over just a bit, Ronald Reagan. You need to make room for Barry Goldwater. For decades, the statues in the U.S. Capitol remained, well, stationary. But recently, more states are looking to substitute better-known figures for obscure ones. Some also want the National Statuary Hall Collection, a popular tourist attraction, to include more minorities and women. Since the 19th century, each state has been permitted to provide two statues of notable citizens to the collection, dispersed throughout the Capitol and its new visitor center.

Going Home to Glory A Memoir of Life With Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961-1969 David Eisenhower with Julie Nixon Eisenhower Simon and Schuster: 324 pp., $28 David Eisenhower's touching memoir of his grandfather's final years raises an uncomfortable issue for 21st century Republicans. If Dwight D. Eisenhower were alive today, he'd very likely be drummed out of the Republican Party, unless he were prepared to renounce his firm belief in a "dynamic center in national politics" that included support for Social Security and the principle of government intervention in economic affairs, "policies Eisenhower had regarded as vital and had supported under Roosevelt and Truman," his grandson writes.

Conservatives, being conservatives, have a soft spot for the good old days, but this is getting ridiculous. It seems every day another colleague on the right wants to click his ruby red slippers — or Topsiders — and proclaim, "There's no place like home" — "home" being the days when conservatism was top-heavy with generals but short on troops. The latest example comes from my old National Review colleague David Klinghoffer in this paper. "Once, the iconic figures on the political right were urbane visionaries and builders of institutions — like William F. Buckley Jr., Irving Kristol and Father Richard John Neuhaus, all dead now," Klinghoffer lamented.

It has already become a cliche on the right to tut-tut at U.S. Senate candidate Rand Paul's "rookie" mistake of trying to conduct a "libertarian seminar" during the campaign. I'm not so sure. For starters, if you're not invested in Paul's political career, why not seize this rare opportunity for one of those much-coveted national conversations on race? Besides, Paul's not going to lose because of his reservations about some aspects of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. He's from Kentucky, a very red state.

He likes to trace his political activism to his days as a high school volunteer for conservative icon Barry Goldwater's 1964 presidential campaign. She talks proudly of being a Goldwater Girl. He insists there's plenty of money in Sacramento; it's just allocated incorrectly. She says state government tries to do too much. When their campaigns are not busy trading attacks -- and there have been plenty of those -- Orange County Supervisor Chris Norby, 59, and longtime GOP activist Linda Ackerman, 65, are pushing to outdo each other in conservative credentials.

I've voted for every Republican candidate for president since Barry Goldwater. I believe President Bush to be a good man who wants the best for our country, but he has been a disappointment. His handling of immigration has been devastating, and the war in Iraq has become a heartbreaking disaster. Instead of curbing federal spending, he allowed it to go through the roof. Yet I would have preferred that Obama were not the one being inaugurated today. I do not believe his agenda is the right one for our country in these difficult days.

Peggy Goldwater, wife of Sen. Barry Goldwater, died today of complications from recent circulation problems and amputation of her left leg. She was 76. Mrs. Goldwater died at 5:34 a.m. at Good Samaritan Medical Center here, said Earl Eisenhower, the Arizona Republican's press secretary. Goldwater was at the bedside of his wife of 51 years when she died. Mrs.

It has been more than four decades since we last elected a sitting senator to the White House. But this year, that dry spell will end. Not only are the two presidential candidates both sitting senators, but so is the Democratic nominee for vice president. Combined, the three of them boast 65 years of experience in the U.S. Congress. All sorts of reasons are given for the curious dominance of governors in presidential politics: They vote on less legislation and so can be attacked on fewer issues; they have executive experience and so are more familiar with the mechanics of governance; they reside outside Washington and so find their speech unafflicted by the oddly leaden quality that affects the locution of so many Beltway pols.

IN an era of political and cultural division so intense that people feel compelled to declare a position on Christmas, it's hard to recall just how novel and polarizing a personality Barry M. Goldwater was when the Republicans nominated him for the presidency in 1964. J.