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David Remnick, clearly, is a fine writer and a fine editor.
But Seymour Hersh is a very partisan investigative reporter who only investigated what proves his point. I heard him say roughly this at Harvard's Kennedy School not long after his award-winning article on My Lai shortly after the Vietnam War.
And where are some other fine Jewish-American writers?
Irwin Shaw spun the finest short stories of his time and a fine war novel The Young Lions.
Herman Wouk's Caine Mutiny was a breakthrough book, followed by narratives that probably best explained what happened in World War II.
Of course they had a problem: Their works were eminently readable and informative.
The idea that populist Al Gore (The People versus the Powerful) has a private chef is a gas.
And he is not "Mr. Vice President." He is not even Mr. Former Vice President. He is Mr. Ex-Vice President.
Ben
David Remnick, clearly, is a fine writer and a fine editor.
But Seymour Hersh is a very partisan investigative reporter who only investigated what proves his point. I heard him say roughly this at Harvard's Kennedy School not long after his award-winning article on My Lai shortly after the Vietnam War.
And where are some other fine Jewish-American writers?
Irwin Shaw spun the finest short stories of his time and a fine war novel The Young Lions.
Herman Wouk's Caine Mutiny was a breakthrough book, followed by narratives that probably best explained what happened in World War II.
Of course they had a problem: Their works were eminently readable and informative.
The idea that populist Al Gore (The People versus the Powerful) has a private chef is a gas.
And he is not "Mr. Vice President." He is not even Mr. Former Vice President. He is Mr. Ex-Vice President.
Ben
posted by Ben Wattenberg at 9:29 PM
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America has been blessed with a lot of great Jewish writers.
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