A Word from the 'Far Right'

Published: September 12, 2008, 7:02 pm

For some time now, I've heard a fair amount about Andrew Sullivan, from colleagues. They've said, "He's gone crazy, you must not pay any attention to him," etc. I didn't know this for myself -- because I haven't read him in several years. Not long into the War on Terror, I sent him a contribution -- contributed to his blog. I really found it invaluable. Not just for the opinions it expressed, but for the information it provided. This is the only contribution to a blog I have ever made (probably to my shame). This is the only time I've ever used PayPal (but I still get messages from them!). I stopped reading Sullivan at some point -- can't say exactly when. I stopped, not because he went "left"; but because it seemed to me he went kind of -- strange (not in a good sense). (You know that Harold Bloom's highest word of approbation is "strange," don't you? I've used it many times in arts criticism.) A reader sent me something Sullivan wrote about me today -- here. The item

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