Times’ Angry Inch: Latest Vogue Slices Paper Coulter-Thin

The New York Observer ^ | July 24, 2006 | Tom Scocca, Gabriel Sherman

[Milhous]

so reading even a sports story leaves one with the unpleasant feeling that one is trying to be manipulated and/or controlled.

My inherited National Geographic collection dates back to 1912. Needless to say, it's not my father's and certainly not my grandfather's National Geographic. But a sense of tradition motivates me to continue acquiring issues. (Typically picked up at a library sale for about 10 cents a copy or purchased as part of a package to support school sports).

The latest NG arrived in my mailbox yesterday with a picture of Katrina splashed on its front. My inner conservative knows to expect a Global Warning tie in whenever Katrina gets mentioned. Sure enough on page 32 a dour Leftist gets up on his soapbox to more or less condemn Middle America as the dastardly villain behind Global Warning. The author shows Lakovian skill at framing America's freedom by labeling it a hyper-individualized society with attendant evil innuendo.

LOL hyper-individualized society. ROTFL.

NG's parody of itself continues with a celebration of the life of a recently deceased American NG author who converted to . . . wait for it . . . Islam. "Tom was intensely private about his conversion to Islam and making the hajj to Mecca." NG says. Paraphrasing Edward Albee - If NG thought it was so private, what are they talking about it for?

[John Robertson]

Great post. Thanks. It's a shame great institutions (and I include newspapers and magazines among them) are falling by the wayside. But since the editorial offices are often taken over by leftists, what do we expect?