https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2008/12/03/294/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-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 22:20:49 -0400<![CDATA[Each generation seems to develop its own far leftist &#8220;intellectual&#8221; leaders.  This generation&#8217;s flavor is no longer Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn, according to Larissa MacFarquhar in the latest issue of The New Yorker.   I don&#8217;t necessarily agree with this judgment, but evidently she thinks they were influential only some thirty years ago. Their replacement is none other than Naomi Klein, whose book, The Shock Doctrine:The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, was on the The New York Times bestseller list for 28 weeks. MSNBC&#8217;s Rachel Maddow calls it &#8220;the only book of the last few years&#8230;that I would describe as a must-read,&#8221; and Seymour Hersh- whose shoddy journalism and conspiracy theories often fill up the pages of the same magazine, calls her &#8220;one of the most important new voices in American journalism today.&#8221;]]>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:41:58 -0500<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2008/12/03/294-n182679