[Vision2020] The recent death of two leftists

[Gier, Nicholas]

Roger,

You obviously don't read much Alexander Cockburn.  He was hired by the left of center journal The Nation as a columnist and he proceeded to write articles critical of every major writer on the Nation's staff.  He also wrote several columns against climate scientists. The uproar from readers was dramatic, but he was not fired as a result.

Cockburn was definitely his own man and owed allegiance to no other, especially political parties.

And please, Roger, quit calling those who dare to speak out against Israel as anti-Semites. That is simply beyond the pale.

Nick

A society grows great when old men plant the seeds of trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in. 

-Greek proverb



-----Original Message-----
From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com on behalf of Sue Hovey
Sent: Thu 8/16/2012 12:21 AM
To: Sunil Ramalingam; vision 2020
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The recent death of two leftists
 
And neither was William Raspberry a liberal.  The National Review might define him as one, but, speaking for myself only, this liberal found him arrogant.  Case in point...his final line in the article about Jim Comer.  Now there's a truly intelligent, compassionate liberal.  If one really wants to know James Comer, in his book Maggie's American Dream, he tells of his mother and her place in the forming of his educational philosophy.  Nice book, wonderful man.  

Sue Hovey 

From: Sunil Ramalingam 
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2012 3:57 PM
To: vision 2020 
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The recent death of two leftists

I thoroughly disagree with your assessment of Cockburn, Roger. I think it's nonsense and  utterly meaningless. How often did you read him? 

I looked forward to his Friday Counterpunch columns and will miss his brave writing. 

Sunil


> Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:53:14 -0700
> From: lfalen at turbonet.com
> To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Subject: [Vision2020] The recent death of two leftists
> 
> William Raspberry wrote with decency; a liberal, he was fair, and independent. Dead at 76. He said " I grew up in apartheid, and yet it never induced my parents to teach us anything else than that we were responsible for 0ur own behavior, for our own minds.
> 
> AlexanderCockburn He was pro-Communist, a Stalin apologist and an anti-Semite. A scoundrel. Dead at 71
> 
> Source- National Review
> 
> Roger
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