No man can be a Politician, except he be first an Historian or a Traveller; for except he can see what Must be, or what May be, he is no Politician: Now, if he have no knowledge in story, he cannot tell what hath been; and if he that not been a Traveller, he cannot tell what is: but he that neither knoweth what hath been, nor what is; can never tell what must be, or what may be. - James Harrington, THE COMMONWEALTH OF OCEANA, 1656
Wednesday, November 19, 2003
Afghanistan's progress to democracy
Noah Feldman, in the NY Times, offers his assessment of how things are going in Afghanistan, specifically, how they are making Isalmic state work with individual liberties. Some good things to report, some concerns. But, overall, it looks good.
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