He’s a total radical, probably the most radical president we’ve ever had in terms of his definition of the power of the presidency. There’s nothing more dangerous than a radical who doesn’t have information, doesn’t learn from information and doesn’t learn from the past.
-Seymour Hersh, in a symposium at Tufts University
This statement brings a question to my mind: Is it possible to remain a radical (of whatever stripe) if one does learn from information and does learn from the past?