A Eulogy for Herbert London

My name is Norman Podhoretz and I come not to bury Herb London but to praise him, not because this is what a eulogist is expected to do, but because he has never been praised enough or for the right reason. To be sure, the list of his professional accomplishments alone speaks loudly for a career so rich, so broad, and so deep that it is almost impossible to find its equal among his contemporaries. Who else, after all, has achieved great distinction in so many ways or in so many fields of endeavor: the academic world, the world of practical politics, the think-tank world, and the world of regular cultural commentary? He even had the makings of a professional basketball player, and believe it or not, he cut a rock-and-roll hit record in his youth. To do all these