Turn to the Left

[Toby G Levy]

Paul Mackin wrote: "Though it's often said the Left is dead (since the
70s), The Nation  magazine has quite a thorough  article describing how
the New York  Review of Books has turned (back) in that direction. Reads
now more like it did during Vietnam."

The always insightful Elizabeth Drew has an article in the current issue
of NYRB entitled "Bush: The Dream Campaign."  Elizabeth Drew used to
write regularly for the New Yorker.  She is a very careful analyst and is
not given to hyperbole.  But here is how she ends her article:

"Norquist's list of the consequences of a Bush reelection is probably too
brief. Bush has told people that he wants a "mandate" in this election to
carry out his deepest wishes. If he receives one, or believes that he has
received one, it is altogether likely that the environment will be
further damaged, civil liberties will be further threatened, the Supreme
Court will likely be set in a radically conservative direction for many
years to come, and there will be a greater effort to privatize or cut
social programs. The President is likely to feel that he has an even
freer hand in foreign policy and in the use of military power, and less
need to be accountable to Congress. For these reasons—and probably some
that we can't yet imagine—this is the most consequential election in
decades."

Yikes!
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