[lbo-talk] Vox et praeterea nihil (was: Noonan)

Carl Remick carlremick at hotmail.com
Fri Jun 23 06:47:34 PDT 2006



>From: "Michael J. Smith" <mjs at smithbowen.net>
>
>Noonan's an interesting character, I think. She's a terrifically
>pleasing and suave writer ...

I think Noonan's a clown. Her writing reminds me of the famous line of the long-ago Virginia politician known as John Randolph of Roanoke, who referred to the meretriciousness of an opponent as resembling "a rotting mackerel by moonlight: It shines and it stinks."

Carl



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