Re: Dubya does Delhi: will the chimps make rude noises?
John Lacny wrote:
That said, I find it disconcerting that she is singled out for contempt when there are plenty of other talented writers with shallow left politics (Gore Vidal and Norman Mailer come to mind) who aren’t held to such a high standard.
As if by fate, this profound exercise in comparative listmaking just in from Mailer, in the current issue of The Nation. No-Cal?
Doug
The Nation - March 13, 2006
The March of Progress NORMAN MAILER
This list is, of course, open to debate. A hundred, if not a thousand, couplings could be offered in their place. I will say that the last two pairings are quintessential to the premise behind these categories. Originally, they were first on the list.
MODERN POSTMODERN
steel plastic
Picasso Warhol
Pullman & Coach First Class & Economy
romance narcissism
pot roast vegan
FDR GWB
Hitler Hussein
Churchill Blair
Zionism Israel
USSR People's Republic of China
consumption cancer
Gone With the Wind The DaVinci Code
drought flood
blizzard global warming
steak salad
beer lite beer
dessert No-Cal
tycoons CEOs
typewriters PCs
Off-Broadway Off-Off-Broadway
bebop rap
shoes sneakers
library Internet
epistles blogs
Gallo Pinot Noir
bourbon single malt
the Depression the 1990s
corner stores malls
Sinatra Eminem
farming agribusiness
slums projects
highways superhighways
Sears, Roebuck Wal-Mart
antiseptics antibiotics
heart attacks bypasses
concentration fragmentation
war terrorism