# To Our Readers (Vol. II No. 11) **URL:** **By** Jerome Tuccille **Published:** January 1, 1972 --- “We dare to stick our necks way out and attempt to fill the vacuum created by the lack of a national political magazine with a libertarian orientation.” Beginning in March, 1972, the libertarian movement will enter a new phase. With the next issue, under the guidance of a new editorial board, the _Abolitionist_ will convert to a new size, format and name, _Outlook_. _Outlook_ will be larger in size and intention. We dare to stick our necks way out and attempt to fill the vacuum created by the lack of a national political magazine with a libertarian orientation. We strive to become the (if you’ll pardon the expression) _National Review_ of the libertarian movement. Or the _New Republic_ at least. Whether or not we will succeed depends, of course, on the quality of the product we put out. But it also depends to a great extent on you, the libertarian faithful. For a publication of the scope we envision requires subscribers, advertisers and others fired with the spirit of financial generosity. In short, we need bread, otherwise known as legal tender. We need people willing to spend $5.00 a year (our new subscription rate) for the funniest, most irreverent and, at the same time, most pertinent political journal in existence anywhere. We will, indeed, rake the muck and sling it in the faces of the assorted thieves, frauds, murderers, scoundrels and connivers who flesh out this society of ours. We will also zero in on the key issues of the day—drugs, crime, economics, taxation, amnesty for draft evaders, etc.—and analyze them from a consistent libertarian perspective. Going national, as we hope to do, means abandoning much of the intra-family squabbling that has characterized the movement over the past few years. Your new editor-in-chief has always been a man of peace, tranquility and even disposition. (Someone recently published a book called _It Usually Begins With Ayn Rand_ using my name as a pseudonym, but, I assure you, I had nothing whatsoever to do with it.) So, we extend the olive branch of peace to all others parading under the libertarian banner (reserving, of course, the right to viciously attack deviationists wherever they appear). We will concentrate on general political and social issues, and leave the bickering to others. We invite from our readers manuscripts, up to ten typewritten pages, on any major subject they care to tackle - the only stipulation being that the content is topical and practical rather than philosophical (there are other journals for that). We are interested in seeing meaty, thought-provoking discussions of concrete issues, fiction and nonfiction satire, poetry, short stories, movie and book reviews, just about anything that reflects a libertarian interpretation of contemporary issues. Alas, at present we can only offer would-be contributors ten free copies of the issue he or she is published in. We promise to read everything that is submitted and _return those manuscripts accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope._ Each submission should be typed and double-spaced. And so we face the future with optimism, eagerly girding ourselves for combat. We will take on all comers regardless of race, creed, color, sex or ideology, at any time and place. It is a deadly contest we undertake, but we are committed and there is no turning back. All spoils to the winner. Starting in the March issue, _Outlook_ will begin serialization of a wicked new satire by Jerome Tuccille. The title will be _Fun City Shenanigans_, and the cast of characters is as follows: - John Laffaday — Mayor of New York City - Mitch Fitzberger — Commissioner of Human Resources - Bill Birchfield, Jr. — Conservative intellectual and editor of _American Inquisition_ - Peter Cardinal Gooding — Leader of the New York Archdiocese - Dale Swinehart — A white revolutionary - Clarence Peach — A black revolutionary - Pope Brendan I — First Irish pope of the Roman Catholic Church - Moe Klotz, Mario Castanetta, Sancho Rosalez, Early Fambro, Jr. — Leaders of the New Regime Subscribe now and read each exciting new episode as the plot unfolds!