[lbo-talk] terrible political writer gets promotion

Michael Smith mjs at smithbowen.net
Mon Feb 15 19:17:36 PST 2010


On Mon, 15 Feb 2010 21:56:23 -0500 Bhaskar Sunkara <bhaskar.sunkara at gmail.com> wrote:


> I'd rather them bring back Hitchens even if he devoted his column to
> explaining why Paul Wolfowitz is a revolutionary, and we
> reactionaries. She's writing at a level slighty higher than that of
> your average high school newspaper.

But not nearly as much fun as your average high-school newspaper. And in high school you couldn't get away with that incredibly repellent authorial persona of hers -- smug, censorious, and infinitely pleased with herself. She and her ridiculous double-barreled name are a frequent target of sophomoric abuse at my 'umble blog:

http://tinyurl.com/lacewell

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Michael J. Smith mjs at smithbowen.net http://stopmebeforeivoteagain.org http://fakesprogress.blogspot.com



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