On Having A Sense Of Perspective
Over at Reason, writing about Christopher Hitchens, Michael Young hits the nail squarely on the head.
"It is to Hitchens' credit that he broke with the left before engaging in the verbal gymnastics of his former comrades. His story, however, is a microcosm of a greater problem faced by Western radical intellectuals: An inability to define what radicalism truly means today and to confuse it all too often with anti-Americanism."
Exactly. Read the whole thing. Not incidentally, the obverse is also true: Many Conservatives fail to include spirited, healty skepticism in their definition of patriotism, confusing it all too often with anti-Americanism.
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