https://pjmedia.com/ronradosh/2012/09/19/why-there-cannot-be-a-decent-left-an-answer-to-richard-landes/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 07:14:19 -0400<![CDATA[Last week, I wrote a column challenging Professor Richard Landes of Boston University to respond to the critique I wrote of his own arguments against Judith Butler. In that article, I argued that well-meaning men of the Left like Prof. Landes should give up trying to tell people like Butler that the reasons for their hostility to Israel contradict the humanist values of the Left. I argued that it is a fool’s errand trying to save the Left from itself; that in today’s world, what defines being on the Left are precisely the kind of positions Landes and others disdain.]]>Wed, 19 Sep 2012 07:54:07 -0400<![CDATA[Ron Radosh]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-radosh/2012/09/19/why-there-cannot-be-a-decent-left-an-answer-to-richard-landes-n184202