Limitations of American Leftism: Michael Kazin here reviews a recent book by right-wing columnist Christopher Hitchens. It is frustrating and infuriating to read. First, Kazin wants to declare that Hitchens is still a leftist, and he scrambles to find an issue or two with whom Hitchens deviates from the right-wing dogma--as if one has to be right-wing 100 percent of the time to qualify as a right-winger. Antonin Scalia sometimes disagrees with the Republican Party. And Notice that Kazin totally ignores Hitchens endorsement of Bush and his wars--or adds that some leftists may be in agreement with him on that, and instead he takes Hitchens on for not criticizing Trotsky on the Kronstadt Rebellion. Now, don't get me wrong. The Kronstadt Rebellion--or reading about it--was very influential on my thinking, and it helped in causing my flight from Marxism-Leninism. But with US still bombing Iraq, and holding thousands of Iraqis in jails, I am not sure that Kronstadt Rebellion is the most pressing injustice, and Lenin and Trotsky (in case Kazin has not heard) are quite dead. What world do those "leftist" people inhabit. But then again. This is Dissent (BUT Not From Zionist Dogmas) Magazine.