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Site links OFFOFFOFF Home About OFFOFFOFF Contact us Get our newsletter:   Search the site:   Current Opinion Interview: Eric Foner on freedom Interview: George McGovern on Vietnam, Iraq and the election of 1972 Interview: Maurice Isserman on the 1960s, Vietnam and Iraq Interview: Thomas Keck on judicial activism and the conservative Supreme Court Interview: Bard O'Neill on Insurgency and Terrorism and the Iraq War  INTERVIEW: ERIC FONER Eric Foner on freedom Columbia Professor Eric Foner talks about our ideas of freedom from early America to the current election. Continued | Back to part 3 Q: So why do you think that statement, "They hate us because of our freedom," makes sense to a lot of Americans?    Fatal error: require() [function.require]: Failed opening required '/opinion/2004/nation_include.php' (include_path='.:/usr/share/pear:/usr/share/php') in /home/offoffoff/public_html/opinion/2004/foner_4.content.php on line 26 ERIC FONER Columbia Professor Eric Foner, best known for his histories of the Reconstruction era, also published "The Story of American Freedom" in 1998, looking at what the idea of freedom has meant to Americans throughout our country's history. As the word "freedom" cropped up repeatedly in presidential politics, I wanted to talk with Professor Foner about the resonance and meaning of the word and the ideal. Here is an edited transcript of our interview, conducted shortly before the Republican convention in New York. Related links: Official site  RELATED ARTICLES