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Democrats and the working class
Tweet Share on Facebook May 1, 2006 CommentHere's a paper, "The Trouble With Class-Interest Populism," written by labor economist Stephen Rose for the Progressive Policy Institute, the think tank connected to the moderate Democratic Leadership Council.
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Interesting reading
Tweet Share on Facebook May 1, 2006 CommentHere's a Strategy Page analysis on how al Qaeda has been defeated by, among other things, the Internet.
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Happy 90th birthday, Bernard Lewis
Tweet Share on Facebook May 1, 2006 Comment (1)Bernard Lewis, the great scholar of the Islamic Middle East, turns 90 this week. This article by Fouad Ajami in today's Wall Street Journal is a fine appreciation of Lewis and his work. I saw Lewis speaking last week at a lunch sponsored by the Pew Forum. He speaks, extemporaneously, in full sentences and paragraphs, and so any paraphrase fails to do justice to him. Still, let me report on some of his comments.
