Advice in the mail

12.06.2004

Sending some news magazines to gringo friends back in Bolivia. I've managed to sell them on Reason, so I've decided to toss in some current issues of TNR & The Weekly Standard. It's my little bit of subversion. Sometimes, it's good to read the view from the other side.

The best article in these issues is "A Fighting Faith: An Argument for a New Liberalism" (TNR). Peter Beinart critiques what went wrong w/ the left in 2004 (and how to fix it) by pointing out the post-war left's ability to take a hard line against illiberalism (communist totalitarianism) — and produce JFK.

When many "hawks" during this campaign cycle lauded the three best presidents of the 20th Century, they mentioned: FDR, JFK, Reagan. Two of these were Democrats (most specifically mentioned JFK's "pay any price, bear any burden" speech). But they all had something in common. Something to think about.

Oooh! And my new CDs finally came in the mail from Darla Records:

La Buena Vida, Harmónica
V/A, Información y Turismo (Siesta comp)
Tender Trap, Film Molecules
La Casa Azul, Tan Simple Como El Amor
Le Mans, Saudade
Spring, Tokyo Drifter

Ah! New music to listen to while I grade essay exams.

Posted by Miguel at 03:26 PM

Comments

Except that it's not a "new" liberalism at all. It's just going back to the way it was before its radicalization.

Posted by: j.scott barnard at December 7, 2004 04:16 PM