Ogre’s Politics and Views

It’s time for the May City Journal. I’ll let the editor tell you about it:

It’s the first (roughly) of the month, so the usual quick note from City Journal about some stories we’ve posted over the last few weeks. You may have already seen the ones examining Barack Obama’s ties to Jeremiah Wright and to terrorist-turned-radical-educator Bill Ayers. Just a few days ago we also ran a chilling reminiscence by a survivor of a 1970 bombing by the Weather Underground, Ayers’s organization.

On that note, advance notice that on Sunday evening we’re going to be posting a big beautiful feature on May 1968. A number of our regular contributors remember that tumultuous time well and have penned some remarkable remembrances of it, often funny and always informative. So keep an eye out for the six stories–by Christopher Hitchens, Kay Hymowitz, Stefan Kanfer, Guy Sorman, Harry Stein, and Sol Stern–accompanied by riotous drawings by famed illustrator Arnold Roth and audio versions recorded by the authors.

I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention the four other stories from our Spring issue that are now available online: Michael Totten’s on-the-ground analysis of Iraq’s meanest city; Arthur Brooks’s fascinating linkage of freedom and happiness; Bruce Bawer’s compendious overview of cultural jihad and Western surrender; and Heather Mac Donald’s bracing refutation of the idea that racism is behind the disproportionate number of blacks behind bars.

As always, I hope you’ll consider our regularly e-mailed alerts and RSS feeds. And as always, if you’d prefer not to receive these monthly notes, just hit the Reply button and let me know.

Thanks for reading, and all the best,

Ben Plotinsky

Managing Editor
City Journal

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