On Aug 17, 2011, at 8:46 AM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
> Name another political leader who's close.
>> SA:
>> Thinking about history in the longue duree, I'm always amazed to
>> realize
>> that I live in the same era as Gorbachev. For good or ill, he's by
>> far the
>> most historically consequential individual alive.
In a field of molehills an ant-heap looks like a mountain.