  BOOK REVIEW: Fooling the left for 100 years  By Paul Kengor
ISI Books, $29.95, 497 pages  "I think we're going to hell in a
handbasket." That comment was uttered at a recent public
gathering here in Washington by Paul Kengor, political science
professor at Grove City College and a best-selling author. In
"Dupes: How America's Adversaries Manipulated Progressives for a
Century," he presents mountains of research lending some
credence to his above-quoted verdict on the country's direction.
The author has viewed the composite of the damage inflicted by
America's enemies for decades. What he shows, as most Americans
would agree, is nothing short of horrifying.  First the title
itself: Webster's defines a dupe as "a person easily deceived or
fooled." Mr. Kengor designates dupes as "useful idiots" and
offers a multitude of examples. Among the highlights of the book
is how the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts, a dupe
of the late 20th century, approached the Soviet Union leadership
to undermine not jus