The New Republic website is hopping in the pre-Iowa-caucus countdown. TNR’s [entirely correct] endorsement of LiebermanThe multi-day brawl among TNR writers about that endorsementSuccinct cases for several of the other candidates: Robert Greene for Wesley Clark, J. Peter Scobolic for Clark, Michael Crwoley for Dick Gephardt, Michelle Cottle for John Edwards, Jonathan Cohn for Howard […]
Author Archive | Jacob Levy
Reading recommendation:
Curiously enough, Josh Chafetz and I both finished Iain Pears’ The Dream of Scipio yesterday. It’s quite strikingly different from Pears’ earlier An Instance of the Fingerpost — more philosophical, more emotionally intense and absorbing and ultimately draining, and more romantic. Instance is fun; I’d have a hard time saying that about Scipio. As someone […]
Reply and rejoinder:
In the spirit of blogging, I note that Michael Knox Beran has responded to my critique of his article about slavery and the founders. Today’s a teaching day so no rejoinder from me; and a fourth round of comments probably exceeds most readers’ interest anyways, so I’ll let my earlier comments stand and give Beran […]