Literary lions and fanciful tales.(COMMENTARY)

From: The Washington Times | Date: March 8, 2002 | Copyright information

Byline: R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr., SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES

My literary reputation is made. This week in the New Yorker magazine, I am likened to a member of the Communist Party U.S.A.

You might remember that not so many years ago for a writer or actor to be recognized as an American communist by the New Yorker was to be recognized as very progressive. If you were a writer, it went without saying that you were an exquisite writer and probably a humanitarian ...

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