Thursday, January 08, 2009 | 1:35 a.m.

Myths of '68

by Thomas Sowell

This 40th anniversary of the turbulent year 1968 is already starting to spawn nostalgic accounts of that year. We can look for more during this year in articles, books, and TV specials, featuring aging 1960s radicals seeking to relive their youth.

The events of 1968 have continuing implications for our times but not the implications drawn by those with romantic myths about 1968 and about themselves.

The first of the shocks of 1968 was the sudden eruption of violent attacks by Co ...

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Posted by: PatrickMT
Comment: #1
Wed Jan 16, 2008 1:38 PM

Mr. Sowell is a liar. And he likely knows it. Sirhan Sirhan was NOT an Iranian -- he was a Palestinian. Either Mr. Sowell is trying to add to the drumbeat of the Bush/Cheney war plans, or from the "they're all Arabs to me" school -- the very shallow view that made Bush invade Iraq when he was attacked by Saudi Arabians trained in Afghanistan.

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