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Doug Henwood wrote:
> The lead of Alexander Cockburn's column in this week's New York
> Press, which starts on the front page, of all places:
>
> <quote>
> "The New York Press is a foulmouthed and stupid rightwing giveaway
> paper here In New York, for which Alex, for reasons best known to
> himself, writes a column. It's read by media junkies like Doug
> [Henwood] and the kind of guy who you suspect Is building bombs In
> the garage--or more likely, wishes he could but his mom won't let
> him." So now you know. And who issued this genial assessment? None
> other than Katha Pollitt, who has thus far eschewed substantive
> debate of my strictures of her, but Instead resorted to Doug
> Henwood's email list, where she posts snippy comments of the type
> quoted above, plus tiny arrows discharged Into the smoking ruins of
> my past personal life. It seems that participants in Henwood's list
> have welcomed debate on populism and my supposed right-wing
> red-neckery, since it offers welcome respite from the Lacanian
> flights of fancy to which Henwood and his mates have become
> horrifyingly enamored.
> </quote>
>
> That last phrase sounded familiar. A quick search turns up:
>
> >From: "Steve Perry" <sperry at usinternet.com>
> >To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
> >Subject: re: NYP and its writers
> >Date: Sat, 13 Nov 1999 15:28:13 -0600
> >
> >[...]
> >
> >one thing, though--this whole cockburn/pollitt/henwood row of the past
> >few days has been a welcome respite from the logorrhea of the
> >lacan openers.
>
> I must write a letter to NYP and clarify: my tastes are more Zizekian
> than strictly Lacanian, but who can tell one continental egghead from
> another anyway?
>
> Doug