Martha Nussbaum, writing in the Times Literary Supplement, on the subject “How to write about poverty,” informs us that “During the Depression, John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath had a comparable impact [to Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle], educating the American public about the plight of migrant workers and producing support for New Deal legislation.” The…
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Emily Nussbaum, discovering the seamy side of torture
When Dexter, the tale of a sensitive serial killer, first premiered, five seasons ago, the New Yorker’s Emily Nussbaum counted herself a fan: Each week, Dexter, played with icy charisma by Michael C. Hall, stalked his victims. He strapped them to a table, sliced their cheeks to collect a drop of blood, then cut them up with a…
The snark that would not die
Not if I can help it, anyway. I recently posted a comment at the New Republic, regarding an article that Martha Nussbaum had written on Roger Williams, a commented that suggested, among other things, that I hoped I would live long enough to see Martha, Richard Posner, and Justice Scalia fighting it out with socks…