On Feb 24, 2007, at 11:14 AM, Michael Perelman wrote:
> In the days of Kopkind and Ridgeway, the ranking was reversed.
Which was also the era of my father-in-law, Jay Featherstone.
Ridgeway gets a lot of time in that Nader documentary. Love that guy. That's when Nader was feeding his stuff to Kopkind and Ridgeway.
The Nation is much poorer for Kopkind's death. He used to write lots of the unsigned editorials, which meant they were sharp and funny. The Nation needs more sharp and funny.
Doug