More shameless anti-U.S. and anti-Blair propaganda from the BBC.
IN DEFENSE OF ORWELL: Leon Wieseltier dismembers pomo anti-Orwell critic (and former Wieseltier colleague) Louis Menand.
IN DEFENSE OF THE FRENCH: Not as bad as the Germans.
THE LEFT VERSUS TERRORISM: They’re getting serious at last.
A NEW BLOG: From two feisty writers and editors, Ross Douthat and Steven Menashi. It’s called “The American Scene.” Welcome, guys.
SONTAG AWARD NOMINEE: This from the Ottawa Citizen, from our old friend, Lewis Lapham, railing once again at the evils of capitalism, the imperialism of Bush, and the “gang of utopian anarchists” in the White House:
“I think the Bush administration equates the American spirit with power, not liberty,” said Lewis Lapham. “And I think the U.S. is in danger of losing its spirit of liberty.” “American politics, at this point in time, is trembling in the balance of losing its soul,” he said. He described a country run by a “gang of utopian anarchists” whose main objective in waging war is to boost military spending, and build an empire – considered the pinnacle of Republican doctrine first outlined a decade ago. “War is the health of the state,” said Mr. Lapham. The same agenda, he argued, is responsible for a steady erosion of personal freedoms, which denies the average citizen the right to dissent.
Denies the average citizen the right to dissent? Where? How? Or are these questions beneath the concern of Lapham?
The Dish 