HOORAY FOR NEAL: The Greatest American Writer, Neal Pollack, has a piece in The Stranger that's the best thing of his I've read in years (found via WKIKYA). It excoriates writers, left- and right-wing, pro- and anti-war, for their self-righteousness and hubris in covering terror, and for not knowing just when to shut the hell up. Pollack may be an unabashed man of the left, but it's heartening to know that even he can tell Ted Rall is nothing but a bloviating jackass who makes fun of 9/11 widows in his spare time. Pollack's blog may be a disappointment, but he's at his best when making fun of journalists (as in his first book), and the Stranger piece is in that tradition.
Posted by Stephen Silver at February 20, 2003 09:04 AM