tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353680062320179256.post3377537665489469364..comments2023-12-29T17:12:14.653-08:00Comments on Shaving Leviathan: Obama, Please Do NothingJeffrey Perrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11841019772535869442noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353680062320179256.post-47781363935835012592010-02-12T20:31:15.216-08:002010-02-12T20:31:15.216-08:00The Lippmann quote is frightening. And the Madison...The Lippmann quote is frightening. And the Madison quote is delightful. I didn't know of either quote.<br /><br />In any case, you gave the best advice to Obama: <i>first do no harm.</i> By the way, I like the way you fused the moral and practical dimensions in the article.Jason Pappashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18233796281520274898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353680062320179256.post-52226906216287555882010-02-10T18:00:50.977-08:002010-02-10T18:00:50.977-08:00Welcome to Shaving Leviathan, Moataz.
Ain't i...Welcome to Shaving Leviathan, Moataz.<br /><br />Ain't it just? Not too surprising, though, if you know he was a buddy of Herbert Croly and with him one of the founders of The New Republic - an early, and still highly influential Progressive magazine.<br /><br />Sadly, that view (that FDR had to act like a Fascist in order to stave off the coming of communism in America), is still around among many left wing intellectuals today, both as history and as a recommendation for Obama.Jeffrey Perrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11841019772535869442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8353680062320179256.post-88313314598004069212010-02-10T17:47:52.270-08:002010-02-10T17:47:52.270-08:00that quote from lippmann is startling. talk about ...that quote from lippmann is startling. talk about dictatorial powermike250https://www.blogger.com/profile/13771261746381180701noreply@blogger.com