Re: Norman Finkelstein on Christopher Hitchens (brilliant!)

2003-09-11 Thread Michael Hoover
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 09/10/03 3:02 PM Norman Finkelstein wrote: A rite of passage for apostates peculiar to U.S. political culture is bashing Noam Chomsky. Unfortunately for Hitchens, he wrote a spirited defense of Chomsky for Grand Street in the mid-1980s. Hitch's webmaster/towelboy Peter

Re: Norman Finkelstein on Christopher Hitchens (brilliant!)

2003-09-11 Thread Doug Henwood
Michael Hoover wrote: good on finkelstein for 'deconstructing' hitchens although i'm not sure he's worth attention he's received, friend from manchester (england, not new hampshire) told me ch was america's (more precisely, chris mathews') 'house socialist', beguiling because of his 'british'

Norman Finkelstein on Christopher Hitchens (brilliant!)

2003-09-10 Thread Louis Proyect
Counterpunch, September 10, 2003 Fraternally Yours, Chris: Hitchens as Model Apostate By NORMAN FINKELSTEIN Editors' note: Norman Finkelstein is writing a political memoir, which will serve as the introduction to a new edition of his book, The Rise and Fall of Palestine, to be published by New

Re: Norman Finkelstein on Christopher Hitchens (brilliant!)

2003-09-10 Thread ravi
Louis Proyect wrote: A rite of passage for apostates peculiar to U.S. political culture is bashing Noam Chomsky. It's the political equivalent of a bar mitzvah, a ritual signaling that one has grown up--i.e., grown out of one's childish past. It's hard to pick up an article or book by

Re: Norman Finkelstein on Christopher Hitchens (brilliant!)

2003-09-10 Thread andie nachgeborenen
--- Louis Proyect [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Counterpunch, September 10, 2003 Fraternally Yours, Chris: Hitchens as Model Apostate By NORMAN FINKELSTEIN A very nice job, better than the creep deserves. jks __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free,

Re: Norman Finkelstein on Christopher Hitchens (brilliant!)

2003-09-10 Thread Doug Henwood
Norman Finkelstein wrote: A rite of passage for apostates peculiar to U.S. political culture is bashing Noam Chomsky. Unfortunately for Hitchens, he wrote a spirited defense of Chomsky for Grand Street in the mid-1980s. Hitch's webmaster/towelboy Peter Kilander used to have a copy on his website

Re: Norman Finkelstein on Christopher Hitchens (brilliant!)

2003-09-10 Thread Devine, James
-Original Message- From: Louis Proyect [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 10:00 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [PEN-L] Norman Finkelstein on Christopher Hitchens (brilliant!) Counterpunch, September 10, 2003 Fraternally Yours, Chris

Re: Norman Finkelstein on Christopher Hitchens (brilliant!)

2003-09-10 Thread e. ahmet tonak
One reason would be that the left: (?)--as perceived by people -- includes so many Hitchens-like characters. Devine, James wrote: ... The left also lacks sufficient gravitational power to keep people in our orbit. E. Ahmet Tonak Professor of Economics Simon's Rock College of Bard 84 Alford

Re: Norman Finkelstein on Christopher Hitchens (brilliant!)

2003-09-10 Thread Devine, James
on Christopher Hitchens (brilliant!) One reason would be that the left: (?)--as perceived by people -- includes so many Hitchens-like characters. Devine, James wrote: ... The left also lacks sufficient gravitational power to keep people in our orbit. E. Ahmet Tonak Professor

Re: Norman Finkelstein on Christopher Hitchens (brilliant!)

2003-09-10 Thread joanna bujes
on Christopher Hitchens (brilliant!) Counterpunch, September 10, 2003 Fraternally Yours, Chris: Hitchens as Model Apostate By NORMAN FINKELSTEIN Editors' note: Norman Finkelstein is writing a political memoir, which will serve as the introduction to a new edition of his book, The Rise and Fall