I wrote a longer piece on Alexander Cockburn for Al Jazeera. Here are some other reminiscences, remembrances, and reflections: One of the most thoughtful and comprehensive assessments from Kathy Geier, who also includes some great links. Dennis Perrin on, among other things, Cockburn’s darker side. I linked to this in my earlier piece, but here again is Jeffrey St. Clair, Cockburn’s comrade and writing partner. More on Hitchens versus Cockburn from Jeff Sparrow. An interesting appreciation from National Review‘s John Fund, who had once been Cockburn’s editor at the Wall Street Journal. And another appreciation from the right: libertarian Jesse Walker. Some tweets from his niece actress Olivia Wilde: “He taught me how to make coffee in a jar, how […]
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The Left
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Tags Alexander Cockburn, Dennis Perrin, Doug Henwood, Jack Shafer, James Ridgeway, James Wolcott, Jeffrey St. Clair, Jesse Walker, John Fund, Kathy Geier, Laura Flanders, Marc Cooper, Olivia Wilde
Some bits and bobs for the holiday weekend… 1. Against my better inclinations, I’ve written a short piece on the 10th anniversary of 9/11. It’s in the journal Democracy, along with reflections from Orlando Patterson, Michael Kazin, Avishai Margalit, and other smart people. My conclusion? The politics of fear is dead; the politics of fear is alive and well. Or, as Ed Tufte, a professor of mine at Yale, used to say: Some do, some don’t. 2. On this Labor Day weekend, it’s useful to remember that virtually nothing about the economy that we’re talking about these days is new. Thanks to Roseanne for the reminder! 3. Speaking of comedy from days gone by, Dennis Perrin, a FB friend […]
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Economies, Foreign Policy, Political Theory
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Tags Avishai Margalit, Dennis Perrin, Edward Tufte, Eugene Levy, Gore Vidal, Martin Short, Michael Kazin, Norman Mailer, Orlando Patterson, politics of fear, Roseanne Barr