[CanisRex]

The reason they moved to Manhattan in the first place was to escape the sin of being white and middle class.

Perlstein lives in Illinois.

But anyhoo, I'm not saying he's unbiased; but I do think he's tapped into a vein that personally bothers me. Even a stopped clock is right twice a day and those of us who constantly disregard what the left say (and they do have a bigger megaphone overall) are doing ourselves an injustice.

[cyncooper]

those of us who constantly disregard what the left say (and they do have a bigger megaphone overall) are doing ourselves an injustice.

I think that by commenting on what the left has to say we are not "disregarding" it. Some of us are pointing out the flaws in their "thinking".

[zarf]

Perlstein's attitude is as Manhattan as it gets.

His descriptions of his subjects sound as if he's describing germs in a petrie dish.

[sausageseller]

He lives in New York according to this article: http://www.gmtoday.com/features/books/css/books002.htm

[sausageseller]

From my link: Perlstein lives in Brooklyn’s Park Slope section, a neighborhood full of writers like Paul Auster