My q about late Alexander Cockburn: when a thing is as dead & discredited as Soviet communism, how is it "radical" to uphold it?
@CoreyRobin Part of the problem with the 1989 column is a matter of tone -- a bit too jaunty, no sense of tragedy of even the low #s
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@HeerJeet I disagree. Read to end. And the quote from Jerry Hough.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet Also, that style of his -- jaunty is a good word -- was present throughout his work, even when he was going after the bad guys.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet It was his signature, like it or not. -
@CoreyRobin The style & the politics were inseparable, as someone (Wolcott?) said. An often bracing and witty writer, but rarely tragic. - Show replies
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