The Dig: Patrick Blanchfield on Serious Men
Serious people in Washington are seduced by vapid and self-serving accounts of their savvy operation of the machinery of government — works like Bob Woodward's latest exercise in extended stenography Fear: Trump in the White House.
September 26, 2018
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September 26, 2018
The Dig: Patrick Blanchfield on Serious Men
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The Dig: Patrick Blanchfield on Serious Men
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<p>Serious people in Washington are seduced by vapid and self-serving accounts of their savvy operation of the machinery of government — works like Bob Woodward's latest exercise in extended stenography <i>Fear: Trump in the White House</i>. The problem with Trump — for defenders of the establishment political order that helped make his presidency possible — is precisely that he's not a man like John McCain, a bloodthirsty and world-historically successful self-mythologizer. Patrick Blanchfield on his <a href="https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/dupe-throat/" rel="nofollow">review of <i>Fear</i> in <i>n+1</i></a>and <a href="https://thebaffler.com/latest/the-mccain-phenomenon-blanchfield" rel="nofollow">obituary of John McCain in <i>The Baffler</i></a>.</p><p>Thanks to Verso Books. Check out their massive collective of left-wing books at <a href="http://versobooks.com" rel="nofollow">versobooks.com</a>!</p><p>Please support this podcast with your money at <a href="http://patreon.com/TheDig" rel="nofollow">patreon.com/TheDig</a>.</p>
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