https://pjmedia.com/rogerkimball/2008/06/19/a-passing-thought-about-jacob-heilbrunn-or-how-autolycus-lost-his-charm/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-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 16:05:07 -0400<![CDATA[I had been intending to review Jacob Heilbrunn&#8217;s recent book They Knew They Were Right: The Rise of the Neocons, but somehow I just couldn&#8217;t muster the energy. Why hasn&#8217;t Mayor Bloomberg or some other meddling bureaucrat insisted that books like this come with a Surgeon General&#8217;s warning, advising the public not to drive or operate machinery within 4 hours of reading it. I mean the book is . . . a . . . snooze. In essence, it&#8217;s the old Michael-Lind/David-Brock wheeze: promising young chaps who start out right and become . . . wrong (Christopher Hitchens on Brock: &#8220;incapable of recognizing the truth, let alone of telling it&#8221;).]]>Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:26:34 -0400<![CDATA[Roger Kimball]]>https://pjmedia.com/roger-kimball/2008/06/19/a-passing-thought-about-jacob-heilbrunn-or-how-autolycus-lost-his-charm-n114909