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Pretty scathing review of America the Philosophical over at the LA Review of Books.

Here are some choice quotes and turns of phrase:

“That we are also a sub-literate breed is probably obvious, and probably the problem in the first place, since quality reading builds antibodies against bullshit.”

“Jacoby revealed exactly how we came to be a nidus of anti-intellectual fervor and the kind of irrationality that warps entire time zones.”

“Please point the way to this “rich debate,” and to the unicorn, sir; we shall be pleased to discover them.”

“…Ayn Rand, a Russian with a cult whose voluminous dreck is a cacophony of incoherence when it isn’t callous pabulum.”

“Glance at the annals of the bestseller list and you’ll see that we long ago passed from a mere approval of sloppy writing to a torrid support of gorilla-like writing gestures.”