[murdoog]

TAS was so far ahead of the mainstream media it was sad.

And to hear Byron York tell it, you'd think this was a bad thing. He's almost as bad as David Brock.

[LurkerNoMore!]

I have to disagree. Byron York is pure conservative class, and will never be another David Brock.

[flushed with pride]

Well, I gotta say that the overall tone of the article was a sort of smirking, gloating, 'let's kick Tyrrell in the nuts while he's down' message. I was a Spectator subscriber from 90 to 01 when I let my subscription lapse because I found the new version (Gilder's) a very unsatisfying read.

It would seem here that B.Y. Is doing a little heavy breathing of his own, implying things and giving account of events where he himself was not present and giving no references of eyewitnesses to coroborate his story. I would have expected more from him.

[Commie Basher]

The trouble with Ben Stein is that he is repetative. I enjoyed him for almost a year, but every column is identical. Life is great. It's great to work in Hollywood. He loves little Mr. Perfect. His life is great. He's so happy and lucky. He has flakey neighbors. He bought another toy for little Mr. Perfect.

I stopped reading Ben Stein after a year. I still highly recommend his late 1970s book, The View From Sunset Boulevard, which remains relevent. Buy it -- if you can find a copy.

It'll teach you how to watch TV. Conservative deconstructionism at its finest.

-- Communist Vampires