Did P.G. Wodehouse really have "ultra right-wing" instincts? Paul Berman needs to re-read Orwell's essay on Wodehouse:http://www.newrepublic.com/article/118690/alexander-cockburns-colossal-wreck-reviewed-paul-berman …
@JamesWolcott Piety especially squirmy in "more in sorrow than in anger" & "we're all struggling writers" ending.
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@HeerJeet Agreed. The "more in sorrow than anger" tone is Berman's rhetorical tarp in most arguments, under which he smuggles sneerier stuff -
@JamesWolcott@HeerJeet "it alwys seemed to me unfortunate..he nevr bothered to look into the...Marxist.." 2 giant BS alerts in 1 sentence
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@HeerJeet Worth looking at Cockburn on Berman in 2007 Iraq War lookback, "Where are all the laptop bombardiers now?" http://www.counterpunch.org/2007/03/24/where-are-the-laptop-bombardiers-now/ …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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