The descent of TNR
Is Martin Peretz really unable to see the slippery slope his rhetoric moves along?
In any case, I just received a note from Professor Harriss about my article, “Just Cause,” in the August 7 issue of TNR. He notes a comment regarding an observation I make about Israeli society in the Zionist vision, “scientific, free-spirited, and, yes, even fun-loving and life-loving.” And he asks, “Do we ever hear references to humor or fun in accounts of Islam?” “Not that I can recall,” he continues. “Of course, my reading has been less than extensive but more than merely incidental.” It seems to me–no scholar here–that he is correct.
In our next installment: Do Muslims really love their children?
