Reason.com
Two Georges
George Kennan, the man that time forgot, is dead at 101. The age offered a nice paradox, in that Kennan was the first to outline the contradictions that would ultimately bring down the Soviet Empire, whereas George Orwell used the number to identify the room, in his novel 1984, where the ultimate totalitarian nightmare was played out.
Most Popular Stories
- 5 Classic Teen Sex-and-Drug Freakouts: Rainbow Parties, Butt-Chugging, And So Much More (By Which We Mean Less) (5.27)
- Government Beneficiaries and Other Fairy Tales (5.26)
- Do Organic Consumers Shop Exclusively at the Jerk Store? (5.26)
- Sharon Presley on Libertarian Feminism (5.26)
- Here Are the 15 Senators Who Voted to Stop Armed FDA Agents From Conducting Warrantless Raids on America's Farmers (Not One of Them is a Democrat) (5.24)
Reason RUPE: Public Opinion Survey
- Reason-Rupe: Wisconsinites Favor Increasing Public Union Retirement Contributions to Address Budget Deficit (5.25)
- Reason-Rupe Poll Finds Support for Public Union Reforms (5.25)
- New Poll: Obama Leads Romney In Wisconsin, But Gary Johnson Could Impact the Race (5.24)
- Wisconsin Recall: Walker Leads Barrett 50-42 Among Likely Voters (5.24)
- Reason-Rupe Poll: Walker Leads Barrett 50-42, Obama Leads Romney 46-36 (5.24)
advertisements
Reason on Facebook
Reason on Twitter
Reason on YouTube
Reason RSSGet Reason E-mail Updates!
Manage your Reason e-mail list subscriptionsSite comments/questions:
Media Inquiries and Reprint Permissions:
(310) 367-6109
Editorial & Production Offices:
3415 S. Sepulveda Blvd.
Suite 400
Los Angeles, CA 90034
(310) 391-2245
Editor's Note: We invite comments and request that they be civil and on-topic. We do not moderate or assume any responsibility for comments, which are owned by the readers who post them. Comments do not represent the views of Reason.com or Reason Foundation. We reserve the right to delete any comment or disable your ability to comment for any reason at any time.
|3.18.05 @ 10:18AM|#
George Kennan is perhaps the most overrated figure in American diplomatic history. The man's most notable accomplishment was stating the obvious. The US will not allow the Soviet Union to overrun Western Europe. Well, that was a tough one to come up with.
|3.18.05 @ 10:19AM|#
Sorry, probably more appropriate to comment in the earlier post.
|3.18.05 @ 10:37AM|#
I don't see what's so great about Jackson Pollack paintings, either. Hell, I could have dribbled paint around, too. It's just so obvious.
|3.18.05 @ 9:29PM|#
Once he did it, it was obvious.
|3.19.05 @ 4:20PM|#
Wow! A Turtledove/Dreyfuss reference!?
Kevin