The Taint of ’68
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on May 10th, 2008 4:28 am by HL
The Taint of ’68
‘WHY don’t we just vote to strike tonight – and we’ll decide to morrow what we’re striking for?” Those were the words of a student protester thoughtfully deliberating at Yale University, as recounted by Roger Kimball in his book on the left, “The Long March.” It was a question that captured much of the heedless spirit of the student demonstrations of the 1960s, for which “May 1968” is shorthand.