Guest MikeSC Report post Posted August 24, 2004 This is a quote taken from Harper's by Lewis Lapham. True, the issue is DATED for September --- but it seems a little odd that he could write this: The speeches in Madison Square Garden affirmed the great truths now routinely preached from the pulpits of Fox News and the Wall Street Journal--government the problem, not the solution; the social contract a dead letter; the free market the answer to every maiden's prayer--and while listening to the hollow rattle of the rhetorical brass and tin, I remembered the question that [Richard] Hofstadter didn't stay to answer. How did a set of ideas both archaic and bizarre make its way into the center ring of the American political circus? Keep in mind, he's implying that he's actually HEARD these speeches --- even though this column almost definitely had to be written in July or so. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edwin MacPhisto 0 Report post Posted August 24, 2004 Can you give us some more context? I.e., a link, if possible. Lapham sometimes writes semi-prognosticatory pieces, and I'm guessing this is probably one of those. He's a bit shrill, but not silly enough to publish it as if it were a news report if the September issue is already available. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest MikeSC Report post Posted August 25, 2004 Can you give us some more context? I.e., a link, if possible. Lapham sometimes writes semi-prognosticatory pieces, and I'm guessing this is probably one of those. He's a bit shrill, but not silly enough to publish it as if it were a news report if the September issue is already available. It's in the September issue of Harper's. It's not on-line that I'm aware of. -=Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kkktookmybabyaway 0 Report post Posted August 25, 2004 Like he'll actually be listening when the speeches do happen... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
