--- Dennis Perrin <dperrin at comcast.net> wrote:
> > So, again, it's sad. Geras will be a greater and
> more
> > lasting asset to the other side because he is a
> > serious and thoughtful writer, and a greater loss
> to
> > us. --he's sort of Signey Hook figure, unlike
> > Hitchen's Whittaker Chambers. It is very
> regrettable.
> >
> > jks
>
> Actually, I'm coming to the conclusion that Hitchens
> is more like James
> Burnham than Chambers who, while solid in his
> conversion to conservatism,
> kept a critical mind and used it on his new
> comrades. Burnham did too, but
> it was based less on lingering self-doubt or
> inner-criticism and more on
> bombast and the belief that he was right all the
> time. Hitch is more in
> Burnham's camp -- whether he'll come out in favor of
> nuking someone (as
> Burnham did) is anybody's guess, but at this point
> anything's possible.
>
> DP
>
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