Excluded Middles

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Richard Romeo writes:
>Hey I loved that Beetle article, as well as the one on Bhopal and Union
>Carbide.  There are some good articles still written in the Voice as well
>as that other NY free-bie NY Press (despite the uncivilized sniping b/w
>the two) but both as a rule are extreme in their preachy, ultra-hip,
>cycnical,  soapbox bullshit that passes for journalism nowadays, the
>Voice towards the left, NY Press, the right (I repeat as a rule).

The NY Press touts itself as a libertarian rag, and since it publishes a
weekly column by my pal Alex Cockburn it has a certain Foucault-like flavor
to it.

The VV is in a tailspin. New editor wants everything to be NY-based. Even
Hentoff and Ridgeway are supposed to write stories that have a NY-lead.
Stupid.

Then there is the NY Observer, which has printed lots of Pynchon articles,
including Chuck Hollander's brillant explication of the Tinasky letters,
Rosenbaum, and others.

>Speaking of bugs, hey where d'hell them killer bees sposed to be? In dat
>dar Texas way?

Killer (African) bees probably won't make it much further than Texas, New
Mexico, and Arizona. Limited by climatological factors. Frankly, I'm glad
they chose Texan to invade. Couldn't think of a better place.

Steely