Re: Big Vic: shakedown Paul Newman, overpay your writers
Chuck wrote:
Pollitt and Hitchens were the columnists I missed the most after giving up on the Nation. Of course, this was before Hitch’s turn to the dark side. I also really liked the review section.
The reviews have gotten a lot better since Adam Shatz took over as literary editor.
What are the circ figures of the Nation these days? 180,000?
Yup. The largest of any journal of opinion in the US now - something like three times The New Republic.
Doug