Someone told me that as I was making my way to the Left Forum at Pace University in lower Manhattan Saturday morning. Since I’ve been a virtual connoisseur of the legendary Conservative Political Action Conference, that annual running of right-wing Republican leaders and lemmings, this didn’t seem to bode well for my participation on a panel entitled “Prospects for a Left-Right Alliance in the Fight Against Empire.”

But let’s be frank, this wasn’t like CPAC. First off, there would never be a panel at CPAC called “Prospects for a Right-Left Alliance in the Fight Against Empire,” mostly because anyone who wants to host a panel and/or booth at CPAC has to pay upwards of $5,000 for the privilege,, I am told.