My Dinner with Andrew
Glenn Greenwald today provides a chilling review of an account of a White House dinner honoring pro-Imperialism "historian" Andrew Roberts. It was a neo-con all-star event with superstars like Norman...
View ArticleJust-In-Time (I hope) education for Blue Dogs
OK, if you think that you can reason with Bush, if you believe that he has the best interests of the United States at heart, I beg you to read Glenn Greenwald's column in Salon, found by way of...
View ArticleBush, Andrew Roberts, and History I: The Historical Context
On February 28th at the White House George W. Bush hosted a luncheon for a select and luminous group of conservative intellects. The purpose of the gathering was to honor, and learn from, historian...
View ArticleBush, Andrew Roberts, and History II: The Key Theme
One of the most effective weapons in the neocon arsenal is the historical narrative that they have constructed concerning America’s place in the world since the end of WW II. The British historian...
View ArticleBush, Andrew Roberts, and History III: The Essential Factor
“History informs the present,” George W. Bush said at a luncheon he hosted for the historian Andrew Roberts, author of A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900. Indeed it does, or, to put...
View ArticleBush, Andrew Roberts, and History VI: Narrative and Ideology
Andrew Roberts’ A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900 has given me the opportunity to discuss elements of the neocon narrative: its structure, itskey theme, and its emphasis on the will...
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