Friday, April 13, 2007

Utopianism, Winger-style

5 comments:

My Frontier Thesis said...

Pretty reductionistic variety of history by your boy VDH. The Enlightenment fellows (whether Continential, Scotland, England, Colonies) had it pretty rough as well. Nevermind, though. I understand what VDH is trying to do, but he's in danger of making his readers puke with his nostalgia.

Tecumseh said...

Aahhh, ou sont les neiges d'antan? (That's a French thingie, MFT.)

My Frontier Thesis said...

Too bad the French language element of Manitoba didn't have more influence over the North Dakota educational system.

I'll ask my girlfriend what your gibberish is all about. I should report you to Homeland Security.

Mr roT said...

I agree with your assessment in the first comment, MFT. As toreporting AI to Homland Secu, they have already cleared him. He's not some Lutheran granny from Iowa and so as a grizzled foreigner that buys all his airline tickets at the last minute, one-way, and in Arabian Dinars, he's beyond suspicion.

My Frontier Thesis said...

Yeah, maybe VDH was directing this article toward a junior high-level understanding of history.

Is this why you and AA call him a "historian"?