@jbouie Oh, I think the writing in the American Spectator -- particularly the Mencken inflected prose of R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. -- is worse
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Replying to @FranklinFoer
@FranklinFoer@jbouie I remember some fine writers in Spectator -- Thomas Mallon, Terry Teachout, Richard Brookhiser. But Tyrrell -- ugh!1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @HeerJeet
@HeerJeet@jbouie He was horrible. There's a memorable@RickHertzberg take down of his pretentious schlock.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @FranklinFoer
@FranklinFoer@jbouie@RickHertzberg That was in TNR, right? I'll look it up. I gave up on American Spectator during Arkansas Project days1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@HeerJeet@jbouie@RickHertzberg The magazine was destroyed by Clinton hatred. I have all its internal memos from the era. Deranged stuff.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
@FranklinFoer @jbouie @RickHertzberg Just from a readers point of view, 1980s American Spectator a fun read, mostly. 1990s just garbage.
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