The Ian Buruma article in the Financial Times is great stuff. He makes the point, quite convincingly, that the isolationism and anti-Americanism that’s so fashionable on the left these days is more reminiscent of conservatism than liberalism. Gore Vidal is now a blood-brother of Henry Kissinger, in other words. But you knew that. Via Roger … Continue reading “The Conservatism of the Anti-American Left”
The Ian Buruma article in the Financial Times is great stuff. He makes the point, quite convincingly, that the isolationism and anti-Americanism that’s so fashionable on the left these days is more reminiscent of conservatism than liberalism. Gore Vidal is now a blood-brother of Henry Kissinger, in other words. But you knew that.
Via Roger L. Simon, et. al.
Crap, subscriber only. I’m gonna go have to track down the paper copy floating around in the office now.