Douglas Murray is published by (among others) the British "Leftist" site opendemocracy.net. (thought you might like to know) ----- Original Message ----- From: Lawrence Helm To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:52 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Mugged by Reality A lurker sent me the following article about a very interesting young Englishman named Douglas Murray. I hadn't heard of him before, but he seems a man after my own heart. I probably fit the traditional Neocon definition better that Murray does in that I spent much more time as a Leftist before being Mugged by Reality. I like Murray's optimism, but I don't share it when I read about Europe. Lawrence