Ah, Memories
Posted on March 12th, 2009
by Daniel Larison |
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This was an odd thing to read, but it got me to thinking how well my opinion pieces for my college newspaper would hold up almost ten years later. For the most part, my post-Kosovo non-interventionism was already there, and I think I made pretty good arguments against drug war meddling in Colombia, so many of the themes in my writing were already taking shape, but there were some columns that I did in the wake of the 2000 recount that would probably make me want to beat my head against the wall. There was also my last op-ed written for the paper in the weeks following 9/11 that was simply horribly stupid in its naivete and optimism, and I would like to be able to take back large parts of it.
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Daniel
You can’t leave us hanging like that!! Post the darn things.
Oh, no. If you wrote it as a college student, surely you must be held to account for it now! I mean, how could we trust anything you write now if your thinking has evolved since then?
one thing I am sure, you would have been a better choice for NYT.
Your talent and views deserve much larger exposure.
Liberal sashal
Hey Daniel, I want to second the call for some of these columns. I especially want to see the ones that would have you beating your head against the wall in retrospect. Could be a terrific learning experience for all of us.