[lbo-talk] Thomas Frank's state of the union

[Michael Pugliese]

On 8/31/06, Chuck <chuck at mutualaid.org> wrote:Sigh. When is Frank
going to get more radical and just write off the
Democrats? His analysis and essays would be more interesting if he
headed off in a radical direction. His essays now read more like Daily
Kos postings than his classic Baffler stuff.

The Good Fight: Why Liberals---and Only Liberals---Can Win the War on
Terror and Make America Great Again
By Peter Beinart

    "Peter Beinart takes us on a vigorous and entertaining search for
a usable past … His reasoning must be heard."
— Thomas Frank, author of What's the Matter with Kansas

   When America Was Great: The Fighting Faith of Liberalism in
Post-War America (Paperback)
by Kevin Mattson

  Another rehabilitation of cold war liberalism, focusing on Niebuhr,
Schlesinger and Galbraith. Also blurbed by Thomas Frank.

-- 
Michael Pugliese