The man who brought us "blogofascism" won't be missed now that he's gone. The Google cache of the specific comment thread that seems to have been his downfall is here. The fascinating thing is that Siegel's sockpupptet Sprezzatura was busy accusing a different commenter, Jhschwartz, of secretly being "Mark Greif . . . or someone in his circle." Grief is the editor of N + 1, which is probably the best magazine on the planet.
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A Farewell to Siegel
02 Sep 2006 12:15 pm
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I'm glad Lee is gone. But the real problem at TNR is that they never ask simple obvious questions like this:
After three years of chaos in Iraq, the one area where I would expect Dems to differ with Bush is in the area of 'threat assessment'. I've included, rather immodestly, a link to my own piece on this topic.
What's your take? I argue that the Dems are frozen in the headlights and are serving as the "Judas Goat" for an attack on Iran. Indeed, it's astonishing that Dems would be so willing to allow Bush any freedom or suppor in this area at all.
Not a single prominant Dem will go on record opposing military strikes on Iran. Doesn't that strike you as odd?
Your n + 1 link is missing the trailing .com.
link to N + 1 draws a blank
and so does a google
porque?
Hi. Thank you for the very kind words about n+1. The website is here: www.nplusonemag.com
Fourth issue still available in stores!
N+1 did let an idiot inturn write a silly article attacking Brian Leiter, though, one that was really full of trash.
n+1 is generally very very good, yes. And there's an interesting essay in the most recent issue on 'sex children' that dovetails with the Siegel/Kincaid spat. (Plus that great piece on a career in American journalism, focusing on the author's subbing job at the WSJ.)
I've found N+1 interesting for the most part, but a rank bilge tank of arrogant pedantry on the other.
as Matt notes, N+1 printed a really silly, amateurish article on contemporary philosophy.
It displayed very little knowledge of the current philosophical scene, and a very strong and opinionated polemic based on that absence of knowledge.
I'm glad to hear that it's a good mag, but that particular piece was straight out of the worst of TNR, like Bell Curve stuff or worse.
Comments closed September 16, 2006.
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Heads in the Sand
Man, it's a good thing you quit working for the Prospect...
Unfortunately the link to the best magazine on the planet isn't working.
Posted by dj moonbat | September 2, 2006 12:34 PM