Florence King is one of the most esteemed contributors to NATIONAL REVIEW who retired a few years ago. I've personally never appreciated her as much as many other readers, I find her writing a bit too nuanced (dense) for my enjoyment. I think she used to always have her articles inside the back cover.
Ah, so to coin a phrase from that witty Chris Rock,
She's 'one of those smarty art nigga's.'
Sorry, I haven't had much sleep.
I am glad there a few fans of Florence King on board.
Coulter and King do differ in style. Both have their fine points, both are intelligent, and both write extremely well. Florence King is dense at times, and at times, I did not enjoy every topic. But she wrote well - and her pen cuts like sword, both ways. When King stopped writing for NR - and it was in the inside back cover - I stopped subscribing.
Here is an excerpt from a column written by Florence King March 23, 1998 after Clinton and his diddling in the White House:
"WHEN Clinton's post-scandal approval ratings soared the Left saw blase sophistication and the Right saw moral corruption, but Americans are neither sophisticated nor corrupt, just childish and democratic. What they really approve of in Clinton's behavior is the way he takes the adult out of adultery and the in out of sin. If he had kept a soignee thirtyish mistress and visited her discreetly the whole country would have felt threatened. Mistresses are for kings and discretion is elitist by definition, but love on the rope line suggests a limitless participation that reduces adultery to the minor crime of tumescence in office.
To prevent his kindergarten from swelling beyond the acceptable class size that concerns him in tranquil moments, he ought to reconsider a woman he met a few years ago: the five-hundred-year-old Peruvian mummy he said he'd like to date.
She might not be bad if he put his mind to it. As Agatha Christie said: ``An archeologist is the best husband any woman can have. The older she gets, the more he is interested in her.''