Comments on: Tariq Ali: Fool of ‘68

By: Caryl Johnston

Caryl Johnston — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 00:13:45 +0000

“The past is never dead – it’s not even past” – Faulkner, not Thomas Mann.

By: John N. Frary

John N. Frary — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 22:44:27 +0000

The central phenomenon of this period was the utter collapse of 1950s liberalism. American liberals began the ’sixties full of ambitious projects and exalted hopes. Very little of that was left ten years later.

1968? Gee, wasn’t that the year Richard Nixon was elected president?

By: Maggie's Farm

Maggie's Farm — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:25:57 +0000

The long march of the cultural revolution

Roger Kimball on the 60s - Tariq Ali: Fool of ‘68. A quote:“Passion,” like “idealism,” is a nostrum that the Left prescribes in order to relieve itself from the burdens of moral accountability. In a subtle essay called “Countercultures,” t…