"It was a distant land, another moral universe. . ."

Looking back over the various and sundry transgressions I've committed lately, and for which I have been called all kinds of exotic names, it's heartening to read an overview, in a mainstream daily newspaper, that sets out what's really been going on:

"In fact, it is less a clash on the Left, than it is a clash between two Lefts. That it is taking place, not in the Spanish Republic, but in the republic of letters, shouldn't blind us to its importance."

Norm Geras' Minimum Utopia: Ten Theses is worth closer attention than I've given it. And here's a conversation to listen in on.