against “authenticity”
I'm not really sure I understand the distinction that Matt is trying to draw here. As always when questions of motivations rather than actions come up, I think we have.
Why is Camille Paglia being given space by Salon (in 2007!)?Essentially every sentence in the thing is vacuous idiocy, of course, but this is particularly remarkable:Whatever his high ideals, Gore.
I was busy Monday and forgot to mention Krugman's great column. Bob Somerby summarizes for the non Select:“Authenticity” became the press corps’ favorite buzz-word in 1999, along with its silly handmaiden, “comfortable in his own skin.” And let’s state the obvious: When the press corps...