Gore Vidal apparently said that the U.S. has one party with two right wings. Quoting Morris Berman, _The Twilight of American Culture_ and its sequel, _Dark Ages America: Final Phase of Empire_. It isn't the Islamists who brought on the Dark Ages in this country. He doesn't even mention them. > [Original Message] > From: Eric Yost <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 8/13/2006 1:49:13 PM > Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Alternatives to one-upmanship > > Andyrene: That article you posted, for example, was a pep > rally for ignorance, absolutely clueless about what's going > on. > > > That's a rather black-and-white take on the article. Some of > its objections are solid; some are shaky; others can be > quibbled. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html