tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post3662422942595321472..comments2024-03-19T11:28:58.168-04:00Comments on History Unfolding: How much progress?David Kaiserhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05020082243968071584noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-60047131727413820182007-10-07T13:16:00.000-04:002007-10-07T13:16:00.000-04:00Once again this was a tour de force historical sum...Once again this was a tour de force historical summary which shed real light on what is happening.<BR/><BR/>Neither the right, nor the left, seems to be able to come up with such succinct and germane analysis.<BR/><BR/>I think, largely, because the post modern critique of history (that history is basically what we want it to be) has led to the neglect of the serious study of history by pundits and policymakers.<BR/><BR/>Remarkably few people, for example, consulted the British record on invading and governing Iraq, 1915-1930, before the US made its invasion. Yet things have played out much as they did then.<BR/><BR/>VtAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-10973148717243001982007-10-07T13:14:00.000-04:002007-10-07T13:14:00.000-04:00American Conservative is an interesting journal, t...American Conservative is an interesting journal, to say the least.<BR/><BR/>It's thoughtful, it's highly critical of the Bush Administration. It isn't a one-note cheerleader for the free market, or the aggressive use of American power.<BR/><BR/>I actually think it is a 'real conservative' magazine, in an Edmund Burke/ Michael Oakenshot sense.<BR/><BR/>As such, liberals ought to pay attention to it. I know what Cato thinks about most things (let the free market rule), and I have similar values to Cato on personal liberty. I also can predict I'll pretty much disagree with everything Heritage Foundation says, driven by the Christian right and big business conservatism as it is.<BR/><BR/>American Conservative has things to say that are worth reading. The notions of community and caution over rampant international intervention are both ones liberals share, too, to some extent.<BR/><BR/>ValuethinkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8746692.post-7568692032442955422007-10-07T11:14:00.000-04:002007-10-07T11:14:00.000-04:00The American Conservative is not "Pat Buchanan's o...The American Conservative is not "Pat Buchanan's organ." He was involved in its founding, but hasn't been at the top of the masthead in several years. It is published by Ron Unz and edited by Scott McConnell. It still publishes a column by Buchanan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com