A late night. Part of the evening was spent sitting with a large crowd Grand Canyon University listening to Dinesh D'Souza talk about Christianity and the new atheists. I missed his earlier talk about his new book on the afterlife.
He gave an interesting and entertaining speech. It is easy to see why he is a worthy debating opponent of Christopher Hitchens.
2 comments:
Interesting to find yet another reference to Dinesh D'Souza in this morning's reading. I came across yours after seeing it three other places in a different context, wondering whimsically if Obama and Tim Geitner were "Twin Sons of Different Mothers."
There is this from Bloomberg...
Geithner’s knack for diplomacy surfaced in the midst of student demonstrations over affirmative action. The Dartmouth Review, a student biweekly, was edited by Dinesh D’Souza, a social conservative who later rose to prominence with books attacking multiculturalism and feminism.
‘Natural Mediator’
The Review lambasted what it called Dartmouth’s liberal bias and its minority admission policies, riling many students. During gatherings in which some students said D’Souza should be attacked, Geithner calmed them down, proposing that they start an alternative publication, says Rudelson, the former roommate. Geithner kept his distance from the new publication, called the Harbinger, occasionally taking photos for it.
“He was always the natural mediator,” Rudelson says. “He had this amazing ability to listen to people, no matter how extreme their views might be.”
Which was clipped from this.
Obama's coat tails are even longer than we thought. (Or was that his lapels?)
John,
Thanks for the links and info. It is one small world.
Michael
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