>Taking a sober look at the "state of the left," one would be tempted
>to say: "I'm just gonna cultivate my garden, like Candide." Why
>bother talking to any leftist about the need to understand and clarify
>the Ahmadinejad administration's social and economic program, the
>imperative of fighting against state measures that are motivated by
>and promote xenophobia though couched in defense of women, etc.? Why
>not read that Juan Goytisolo novel that I always meant to read
>instead? Or go shopping and buy a pair of new shoes? If we are going
>to Hell in a hand basket, let it be at least said that I'm getting
>there well-read and well-dressed. . . .
Good questions; I ask them of myself several times an hour. What are your answers?
Doug