Herman on Hitchens

[Gordon Fitch]

Bradford DeLong:
> It does make one curious: if Ed Herman had spent more time denouncing 
> (and learning about) the CPVN, the NLF, and the Khmer Rouge, would he 
> have perhaps been less "enthusiastic" about their victory in 1975?
> 
> If you are trying to do *real* politics--that is, make the world a 
> better place--"balance" would seem to be an important requirement, 
> not something to be scorned...

But if you're going to make the world a _better_ place, you
have values, so that you know what _better_ is.

-- Gordon