https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/03/24/tariq_ali_fool_of_68/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 07:14:56 -0400<![CDATA[The new(ish) French President, Nicolas Sarkozy said that his victory last year was the final nail in the coffin of les evenements of 1968. Not so fast, Nick! The fatuous Left is like Dracula: you need a lot more more than a coffin and nails to dispatch it. Listen: that slobbering whine you hear is the sound of the rancid Left rattling their love beads and shaking their canes and walkers as they fondly remember what they can barely recall from the Summer of Love. Here it is, 2008, forty years on: what Allan Bloom rightly called the annus horribilis of the 1968s is now covered in a soft glaze not only of cataracts but sentimentalizing nostalgia. The competition for the laurel of Most Emetic Essay in Praise of the 1960s is on! It is only the first quarter of the year, we still have many months to go before all the contestants are duly registered, but surely the preposterous eructation by Tariq Ali in Saturday&#8217;s Guardian is destined to achieve at least honorable mention, if not the red palm of ultimate fatuousness.]]>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 13:25:10 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/03/24/tariq_ali_fool_of_68-n114664