"But I think you are confusing history, which is the record of what actually happened, with political philosophy."
No - I am saying that all hisr=torians who publish do so from a philosophial point of view
"but Keith is an amateur, every bit a folk historian"
Keith -is not a historian in any shape or form - cut-'n-pasting arguments that suit pre-formed attitudes is not what history is about
What Keith does is equivalent to my recording only songs that please me
Jim Carroll