[lbo-talk] Coming back to the list with... historical ephemera, or something

[Michael Dawson -PSU]

My view = Hitchens is right about Orwell, despite Orwell's flaws in personal
and political life.  He had a nose for freedom, a deep honesty about both
the need for and difficulty of socialism, and he was a great essayist.  The
Road to Wigan Pier is a tour-de-force, as is Homage to Catalonia.  If left
social scientists had followed Orwells' lead and adhered to his six rules of
thumb for good writing, the left would be immensely stronger today.