Has anyone as smart as James Burnham ever been so often wrong about so many different things? http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/12/07/from-the-archives-of-movement-conservatism.html …
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Replying to @davidfrum
@davidfrum Burnham probably wrote the 1961 NR editorial sympathizing with De Gaulle's attempted assassins:http://sanseverything.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/national-review-and-terrorism/ …1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@davidfrum Burnham was some sort of Trot right?3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DougHenwood
@DougHenwood@davidfrum Yep. In fact along with Max Shachtman and James Cannon, Burnham was leading American Trot in 1930s.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@davidfrum What sub-cult did he belong to? I could google this but I'm lazy.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @DougHenwood
@DougHenwood@davidfrum Best book on Burnham's political trajectory is J.P. Diggins "Up From Communism."1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@davidfrum Man, Jeet, you know a lot about American politics!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@DougHenwood @davidfrum Yeah, product of misspent youth when I should have been having sex.
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