Tuesday, March 01, 2005
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED READING FROM THE RIGHT AND LEFT
Two posts today that I regard as " must reads", they're that good.
Hailing from the Right of the political spectrum is Marc Shulman of the American Future, who offers up a masterful fisking of a Nation article that inadvertantly showcased why much of America today finds the politics of people like Tom Hayden and Angela Davis as repellent as - well...TomHayden and Angela Davis.
Coming from the Left, is Juan Cole of Informed Comment with a timely and valuable primer
on Lebanon and its discontents with Syria. Professor Cole demonstrates what historians do better than practitioners of other disciplines - frame an issue in its correct context in a way that is easily understood and properly analyzed. ¶ 5:29 PM
Two posts today that I regard as " must reads", they're that good.
Hailing from the Right of the political spectrum is Marc Shulman of the American Future, who offers up a masterful fisking of a Nation article that inadvertantly showcased why much of America today finds the politics of people like Tom Hayden and Angela Davis as repellent as - well...TomHayden and Angela Davis.
Coming from the Left, is Juan Cole of Informed Comment with a timely and valuable primer
on Lebanon and its discontents with Syria. Professor Cole demonstrates what historians do better than practitioners of other disciplines - frame an issue in its correct context in a way that is easily understood and properly analyzed. ¶ 5:29 PM
