Hitch v. Ali

[Brad DeLong]

>  > And has anyone read _The Clash of Fundamentalisms_ yet?\
>		There was a long excerpt in the London Review of Books a few
>weeks ago, which is probably still on their web-site. It struck me as quite
>good except that Ali seems to over-emphasize the degree to which secular
>forces exists in places like Pakistan.

Well, but that's excusable. Those are his people. He's supposed to be 
willing to face up to the fact that they are a disorganized, 
demoralized, pathetic, powerless remnant?

Hell, I find it impossible to even admit to myself that Bill Clinton 
was not a net plus for humanity...

Brad DeLong