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

[Carl Remick]

>From: "Michael Pugliese" <michael.098762001 at gmail.com>
>
>>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

Peter Beinart is (unintentionally) entertaining all right, but I don't get 
the bit about "his reasoning must be heard."  Last time I checked Beinart 
was a Cold War nostalgist and eminently ignorable.  Must have been an off 
day for T. Frank.

Carl