A very nicely turned phrase... very true...
>
>But, of course, The Historical Society isn't political, or conservative, or
>anything - they're just doing History. I love this paragraph from their
>mission statement:
>
>>We are pleased to announce the formation of a new and genuinely
>>"diverse" organization.
Doesn't E.P. Thompson say somewhere in "The Poverty of Theory" that you should never trust anyone who puts quotation marks around single words?
Brad DeLong