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
Monday, October 16, 2006
Something the Press Wants Kept Secret
From Instapundit, comes this Telegraph story that the BBC apparently doesn't want to a report to be made public. Why? Because, if reports are accurate, it indicts their coverage of the Middle East. In particular, it might just show that it covers Israel negatively (big surprise).
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