[Phantom Lord]

Mr. Perlstein,

As best I can remember I have not ready any of your works so I am not in a position to engage you. But I thank you for giving the opportunity to those who have. Thanks!

[alisasny]

Dear Rick,

What exactly are we excusing repressing and rationalizing about GWB?

Sincerely,

A proud Right-winger : )

[evets]

Marijuana: gateway drug?

[Texas_Jarhead]

BUMPMARK for later

[Liberty Valance]

Dear Mr. P,

Can you give us the short course on why you would want Kerry as President without dissin' Dubya? We all hear how much The President is hated by the left...we just want to hear why Kerry is so loved by the left.

Kind regards,
Liberty

[Byron_the_Aussie]

...Mr. Perlstein, As best I can remember I have not ready any of your works so I am not in a position to engage you...

Count your blessings, Phantom Lord. Here's a sample:

history does not repeat itself. Nor, Arthur Schlesinger Jr. notwithstanding, does it unfold in cycles. But the discerning can still learn a few things about the future from the past. Mostly, that there's nothing you can really know about the future at all. And to pretend otherwise is an insult to democracy.

Perlstein's specialty is assertive unintelligibility.