Oh that story about the Princeton freshmen is classic!!! Neville Chamberlain eeks out Hitler as the “greatest living person”.
I find it interesting that Chief Justice Charles Hughes, a genuine conservative, would have been so popular among Princeton students. It would be interesting to see how John Roberts, Clarence Thomas, or Antonin Scalia would fare among Princeton students if the vote were taken today.
They attempted to land marines on the south bank under protection of a barrage.
I thought the Japanese didn't have marines.
Princeton's entire class of '42 went to work for Time Magazine after graduation
Something I have noticed is that the word 'appeasement' (as in the editorial "Appeasement No Nearer") had a different meaning before Munich. It referred to the desired end of altering a foreign power's behavior through quid pro quo. Like, when Wiley sits, I give him a cookie. Today appeasement is just something ineffectual politicians to to defer a difficult and inevitable event.
Enjoy the post. I think I will go relax with a Fatima and a cup of coffee before work.
Obama and the Power of Symbols
Beneath the Radar
By Gary Younge
This article appeared in the June 30, 2008 edition of The Nation.
June 12, 2008
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Obama’s race is no insignificant matter. True, he did not run on an antiracist platform. But after considerable reflection, black people flocked to him anyway. As racially charged attacks on him intensified, so did their support for him solidify. He may not have pursued identity politics, but that black Americans identified with him racially made a difference. Those who claimed that the Democratic Party’s problem was that its emphasis on gender and race had alienated white working-class men must now explain why it took a white woman and a black man to give them the best shot at the White House in more than a decade.
Between them, the young and the black increased their share of the Democratic primary electorate by roughly 25 percent compared with 2004—two constituencies that can now assert their place in the Democratic coalition as never before. If the materialists have an alternative project that could engage this number of people in progressive politics, they are keeping it very quiet. In the meantime, you do not have to binge-drink the Obama Kool-Aid to see the possibilities here.
We can try to engage and direct this energy toward a more progressive agenda or abandon it in favor of a more reactionary one. We can pressure his campaign to meet expectations or abandon them to disappointment and cynicism.
While symbols should never be mistaken for substance, they are not insubstantial either.
http://www.thenation.com/doc/20080630/younge
Chilling!
I never knew you were a cigarette. (see ad)
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