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Originally posted by Buff@Jun 17 2004, 08:29 AM
No. I don't read any of that kind of tripe. Who really cares what some ex-politician has to say? Those people are professional liars -- why would you pay to read their lies about their lies?
What am I looking forward to is Charles Adams' book about European opinions of the Civil War which he's supposedly putting the finishing touches on now. According to DiLorenzo, it's probably going to be like a greatly revised version of The Glittering Illusion by Sheldon Vanauken. Adams, incidently, writes a lot about taxation, Colin, with such titles as For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization and Those Dirty Rotten Taxes: The Tax Revolts That Built America. (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...183223-6184728)
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I haven't read Adams. I'll pick something up.
As far as "professional liars", everyone has their slant - even historians. But Clinton can say whatever he wants and then other people involved can contradict what he says - whether now or in 20 or even 50 years. I think if one is interested in the reasoning behind a certain policy, for example, it is good to read what the person who ordered it's execution has to say about it to include in the big picture. Then over time private letters, etc. will be added to the mix and a fuller picture will emerge. What's most interesting is when a politician/policy maker says something in public that is later contradicted by their personal writings.