A great book on the absurdities of the French left intelligentsia is, "Past Imperfect, " by Tony Judt. Here's Justin, on the ex-LaRoucheite! As I pointed out in my last column, this "advisory board," chaired by ultra-hawk Richard Perle, is a redoubt of the War Party, and it was Perle who invited Rand Corporation analyst Laurent Murawiec to give the Power Point presentation that wowed Washington and ruffled already rocky relations with Riyadh. Now we learn more about this controversial performance, and also about the performer, from Jack Shafer of Slate, who reveals that Murawiec is a "defector" from the...
