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Paul Berman’s original piece here.
Totten’s response after reading Berman:
‘So the well-meaning American anti-imperialists in Nicaragua were perceived by Nicaraguans as Soviet-style imperialists. And one of them, apparently oblivious to all this even today, is the new mayor of New York City.
I don’t know what to make of it. I really don’t. I have been running into people like this for years in countries wracked by terrorism and war and lorded over by tyrants. They simply fail to understand what is right in front of them even when it’s explained to them in plain English. I can only assume at this point that they’re unteachable. They are educated, yes, but their brains are full. No room remains for more information, or understanding.’
Health-care and education are necessary to secure the People’s Future, you know, and Dear Mayor will no doubt show solidarity with the workers and their unions.
Do you reckon he’s matured since then? How much pushback will he get from upstate?
NY times piece here on the Sandinista connection. De Blasio’s inner circle.
Some light humor:
Michael Moynihan reviewed Michael Moore’s ‘Sicko’ which praised the Cuban Health Care System.
Christopher Hitchens took a helicopter ride with Sean Penn, and that tracksuit-wearing strongman of the people, Hugo Chavez-Hugo Boss:
It’s a long way out of socialist and revolutionary solidarity, which continually occupies the South American mind. One more revolution: Adam Kirsch takes a look at Mario Vargas Llosa. The Dream Of The Peruvian.
How’s that Russian reset going?:
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What about value pluralism…positive and negative liberty?: The classical liberal tradition…looking for classical liberals in the postmodern wilderness: Isaiah Berlin’s negative liberty: A Few Thoughts On Isaiah Berlin’s “Two Concepts Of Liberty”
Classical Liberalism Via Friesian.Com-’Exchange with Tomaz Castello Branco on John Gray’
The End Of History? –Update And Repost- From YouTube: Leo Strauss On The Meno-More On The Fact/Value Distinction?’
Michael Totten At World Affairs: ‘The Once Great Havana’
Related On This Site: What Will De Blasio’s New York Look Like?-Some Links…Sandinistas At The NY Times: ‘A Mayoral Hopeful Now, de Blasio Was Once a Young Leftist’…Two Links On Diane Ravitch & School Reform
Chris, I read the news. The GAO report says Obamacare makes people want to work less because the subsidy is more than they make. State says there really isn’t a CO2 problem with the Keystone pipeline, but Obama delays. Obama wants to let in immigrants with ties to terrorists. How can this continue?
Ron, I’m right there with you.
I think our system will take a hit, and it already has, but sunlight and time will more accurately judge the man and the policies.