07/08/05

A Tale of Two Georges: Unlike President Bush, my favorite political philosopher is George Orwell. As we grieve for London after another totalitarian blitz, and wonder what to do, Orwell seems the best place to turn. There's a reason the right and left have spent the last 60 years trying to claim Orwell for themselves. His writing has all the qualities we find wanting in politics today: honesty, self-criticism, love of country, the courage to fight for his beliefs, and an equal fervor that any ideology loses meaning if it is not supported by fact...

http://www.slate.com/id/2121923/

from Slate, by Bruce Reed


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp