tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post512990420951763239..comments2023-12-14T20:02:51.470-06:00Comments on The Heavy Anglophile Orthodox: Tabloid toxicityMatthew Franklin Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-26985096019384634052014-02-23T16:45:29.128-06:002014-02-23T16:45:29.128-06:00Thanks Matthew. Nor do I mean to simply diss the N...Thanks Matthew. Nor do I mean to simply diss the Nation altogether. We live in a strange world, where odd bits of truth may appear willy-nilly without regard to milieu. I would love to spend more time writing, less time wage-slaving! Will raise my glass and clink it with your shot glass of vodka to that very thought. <br />Paul Grenierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465767746914113525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-33729922536875113722014-02-23T00:36:18.728-06:002014-02-23T00:36:18.728-06:00Hello, Paul! Many thanks for the comment; and I...Hello, Paul! Many thanks for the comment; and I'm incredibly glad to hear from you!<br /><br />I agree, <i>the Nation</i> still very much does have a disconcerting liberal-lifestylist bent on cultural issues. But I was incredibly impressed by these two pieces in particular, which have highlighted pieces of the Ukraine situation that simply weren't getting airtime anywhere else in English-language media. Maybe this is sort of gasping at whatever fresh air I can find. But at the very least, <i>the Nation</i> hasn't gone all-in on the liberal-interventionist project the way, say, <i>the New Republic</i> has in the past ten years or so.<br /><br />Please do keep in touch! I hope to hear more from you on FB or on <i>Solidarity Hall</i>!<br /><br />All the best,<br />MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-79864604019021476302014-02-22T16:52:00.427-06:002014-02-22T16:52:00.427-06:00Yes, it is weird that one has to go to the Nation ...Yes, it is weird that one has to go to the Nation to see this point of view expressed. Being the husband of the Nation's editor may have something to do with it. And also that Cohen manages to still toe the line on key cultural issues important to Nation readers. I too have been glad to see his writing, but am skeptical (unfortunately) that the Nation will prove in the long run an ally of Christianity or tradition of any sort. Would be only too happy to be proved wrong, however! Paul Grenierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11465767746914113525noreply@blogger.com