Michael Perelman wrote: > Yes, Jerry, you are absolutely correct. Maybe Louis would be willing to > admit that his is unsympathetic to the RM and that he reviewed it. I > don't know. Even if he would 'fess up' to doing so, why would that > confession help us? > Whether you like Louis or vice versa seems irrelevant. Yes, Michael, you are absolutely correct -- whether I like Louis or vice versa is irrelevant. What is relevant is whether it was appropriate for the journal _Sozialismus_ to ask Louis to write a review of the RM conference even though he had -- months beforehand! -- publicly trashed that conference. At issue is a basic question of journalistic standards. I.e. should reviewers be selected who have already publicly displayed a bias and prejudice against an event? Jerry
