[dirtboy]

Hentoff convinced me to become pro-life. He has continually ripped into the liberal double standard of ripping into Gitmo while ignoring the far worse conditions of dissidents in Castro’s Cuba. I don’t always agree with him, but I will read his opinions and give them consideration, given that he the rare liberal nowadays who does not deny the problems in communist utopias.

[Lancey Howard]

BUMP what you said.

I have always liked Hentoff - - he seems like an honest liberal, and that's a very rare thing. Plus, he isn't mean or smirking in his political commentary.

[Mr. Mojo]

Spot on and well said, both of you.

[supremedoctrine]

So far, you’re the only one who’s said anything about Hentoff that proves that you know who he is.
Yes, Hentoff, almost alone among his “ilk”, is pro-life,
and as eloquent as anyone on the “other” side of the political aisle. And it was Hentoff who wrote a column
many months ago titled “Senator McCain, here is your running mate”, in which he proposed McCain choose Sarah Palin , who he called “an unstereotypical Republican” (meaning NOT a RINO), as Veep. NO ONE else was seriously talking her up, Hentoff was, because, most importantly , she was pro-Life. So all you early posters on this thread , I wish you would educate yourself as to who this man is: I have been reading him since the late 60s, and for a long time, he and J. Hoberman were the only things that made the Village Voice worth reading. Now it’s just Hoberman. I am also glad this was posted, because it reminds me I have something to send Mr. Hentoff. A dear friend of ours, a musician of note, died just before 9-11, and he and his brother grew up and were childhood friends and friends into adulthood with Nat in the 20s through the 40s in Boston: among our friends belongings left to us is an old 78 rpm record of one of Nat’s first radio broadcasts from Boston from the late 40s, I think. I always meant to send it to him, and now I will.

[Lexinom]

Nat's a brilliant man, a rare avia terra. Stands by his beliefs. Centered in logic, not partisanship. Has exquisite taste in music.

[don-o]

Thank you for an informed, thoughtful and balanced comment in marked contrast to the predictable and tiresome reactionary knee jerking spew that has become the norm on this board.

[utahagen]

Ditto. Any (self-described) atheist, liberal Jew who has the guts to write the truth about abortion — in the Village Voice, of all places! — is a hero to me.