FTA: The streets of American cities are haunted by the ghosts of bookstores and record stores, which have been destroyed by the greatest thugs in the history of the culture industry.
That's just what one would have expected from Leon Wieseltier. His columns at The New Republic often likewise came across as self-important, contemptuous, and entitled. The jury's still out about the recent management "changes" at TNR, but more than a few readers won't be sorry to see L.W. gone from there. (Except now he's at The Atlantic.)
That's just what one would have expected from Leon Wieseltier. His columns at The New Republic often likewise came across as self-important, contemptuous, and entitled. The jury's still out about the recent management "changes" at TNR, but more than a few readers won't be sorry to see L.W. gone from there. (Except now he's at The Atlantic.)