Saturday, February 24, 2007
'The American narrative'
A provocative piece by Michael Vlahos about Iraq and our entire approach toward terrorism -- not to mention America's role in the world. Never mind that it's in the American Conservative, a very odd duck indeed. Worth a read. Via AS. ... Re the 'odd duck' description: American Conservative, backed by Pat Buchanan, is in that strange sphere where far Right meets far Left. Case in point: Brendan O’Neill, an editor at Spiked, whose predecessor was LM, aka Living Marxism. O'Neill currently has an Israel-bashing piece in AC that just as easily could be in a far left-wing magazine. ... My head is spinning. Memo to self: Need to read a Mike Hammer novel. ...
A provocative piece by Michael Vlahos about Iraq and our entire approach toward terrorism -- not to mention America's role in the world. Never mind that it's in the American Conservative, a very odd duck indeed. Worth a read. Via AS. ... Re the 'odd duck' description: American Conservative, backed by Pat Buchanan, is in that strange sphere where far Right meets far Left. Case in point: Brendan O’Neill, an editor at Spiked, whose predecessor was LM, aka Living Marxism. O'Neill currently has an Israel-bashing piece in AC that just as easily could be in a far left-wing magazine. ... My head is spinning. Memo to self: Need to read a Mike Hammer novel. ...
