On Jun 2, 2011, at 12:12 PM, Bhaskar Sunkara wrote:
> http://newpol.org/node/468
>
> A forewarning: I may have overgeneralized a trend and one of the reader
> comments on this piece was "we do this promising writer no favor by
> publishing this piece." But I still stand by the main thrust of my argument
> and, most importantly, its political implications.
Well, the reader who made that comment is an idiot. You nailed it, comrade.
Re: The Nation. Navasky thought of the mag as a place where liberals and radicals could debate; vanden Heuvel really doesn't have much time for radicals. They brought in Harris-Perry (who moved to Louisiana in part for the "low taxes") because they thought she could speak to an audience broader than their traditional base. An academic leftist friend complained to an editor about how awful she is - the editor's response was "we're not trying to reach people like you" through her.
Doug