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Catholicism and Orthodox Christianity

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4. In the 60s and early 70s he was on the left and very much anti-war.

Reply to Willie Pep (Reply #3)

Tue Feb 28, 2017, 08:14 PM

Feb 2017

From the late 70s forward he became very much a neocon. It was a real shame. The right doesn't need the intellectual cover he gave them for the last 40 years.

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In the 60s and early 70s he was on the left and very much anti-war. rug Feb 2017 #4

Good riddance to bad rubbish! meow2u3 Mar 2017 #5