Jedediah Purdy

Look, what follows is really not appropriate. But it's hard to clear the mind and hit the Friday LIRR without finally saying something.

There is one person in America telling the Tribune-owned Los Angeles Times to be more boring, and his name is Clay Risen. Mr. Risen—who penned an op-ed this week which insanely took the LA Times to task over the crazy LA Times magazine profile of Joe Francis—is a killjoy moralist douchebag.  read more »

Okay, he could be worse. He could be Nicolas Lemann, who pleaded poor and then cut the budget of CJR Daily without ever attempting to put advertising on that site, thereby losing two staffers, and who recently penned a horrid and barely readable piece in the New Yorker saying that online presences needed more reporters and reporting. See? Man, it doesn't get much wronger than that.

Being America: Liberty, Commerce, and Violence in an American World, by Jedediah Purdy. Alfred A.  read more »

For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today , by Jedediah Purdy. Alfred A.  read more »