model of war

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Wed Jun 9 19:57:32 PDT 1999


Peter Kilander wrote:


>Maybe not, but in the June 14th issue of the National Review, the
>reactionary Florence King writes the following in her column on book
>blurbing:
>
> "A writer I would love to blurb is Christopher Hitchens. I know, I know
>he attacked Mother Teresa, but I have relished his writing ever since we
>were regular reviewers in Newsday's daily book section. I was Tuesday, he
>was Wednesday: ships that pass in the night, or more likely, trash-compactor
>buddies like Steve McQueen and Ali McGraw in The Getaway.
> I've already written the blurb: 'If Christopher Hitchens is a
>Marxist, I want to be one too.'"

Speaking of right-wing women, Hitchens has a terrible weakness for the ineffable anti-feminist, Katie "Gloria Steinem Has No Sense of Humor" Roiphe. As does James Heartfield, who's been very quiet lately.

Doug



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