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FeaturesJanuary 2008 Introduction: saving remnants An introduction to our symposium on the future of conservatism in Britain and America.
Precautions are always blamed. When they are successful,
they are declared to be unnecessary.
Benjamin Jowett It is useless for sheep to pass resolutions in favor of vegetarianism. Dean Inge on the League of Nations In a recent essay about the war in Iraq, Victor Davis Hanson noted that the world of Washington was an echo chamber. One creditableor at least listened topundit or politician opines in a way the media likes and, presto, a new bit of conventional wisdom is bornor at least reinforced. A mere opinion, often ill-informed, frequently at wide variance with the truth, is repeated often enough, and it suddenly acquires the carapace of general currency that, at a distance, can easily be mistaken for fact. As Hanson shows, what has happened with the war in Iraq provides a sterling example of the genre: ... You need to login to view the full text of this article. This article originally appeared in The New Criterion, Volume 26 January 2008, on page 4 Copyright © 2008 The New Criterion | www.newcriterion.com http://www.newcriterion.com/articles.cfm/introduction-saving-remnants-3729
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