On Oct 17, 2006, at 3:09 PM, Jesse Lemisch wrote:
> Among those preparing was Hofstadter, who called for te AHA Council to
> "organize a counter-revolution." Yes, that's what he said. Put that
> in your
> pipe, along with his address at Grayson Kirk's 1968 counter-
> commencement.
> But let's not forget: as has been posted here, his office door was
> always
> open and he was sos kind to his graduate students. "Counter-
> revolution"
> indeed. Seriously, folks, all this calls for more critical scrutiny
> of H's
> politics and history.
Why don't you re-read a few of his damn books and stop with the anecdotes already?
Doug