One Man's Meat

[calbert at pop.tiac.net]

> s~Z wrote:
> >
> > Facts are dissolved by the radical
> > indeterminacy of our relationship to reality. 
> > Thus[?] a biographer can sever the tether that 
> > ties him -- how tiresome -- to his subject, 
> > and can strut to center stage.
> 
> Is it just me, or is that a non-sequitur?  
> 
> High priest of Individual Responsibility that 
> he is, he's looking for some group to blame for 
> the Reagan biography instead of just pinning it 
> on the guy who wrote it.  Pay No Attention to 
> the Man Behind the Curtain.

Not overly fond of Will, but ready to grant that he is speaking in 
terms of principle. Never got the idea that he was a major Reagan 
hagiographer - I recall some schism relating to Will's handicapped 
child.

love,
cfa