Robert Teitelman: Andersen and DeLong Review the Past

Kurt Andersen Loading... opens up an essay in the recent Vanity Fair Loading... with a cliché -- indisputably true but a cliché nonetheless: "The past is a foreign country. " This is good, because Andersen is indulging in the cultural version of the sports argument in the neighborhood bar or those lists so beloved by slick magazines. Andersen's essay, "You Say You Want Devolution? Read more

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Kurt Andersen opens up an essay in the recent Vanity Fair with a cliché -- indisputably true but a cliché nonetheless: "The past is a foreign country. " This is good, because Andersen is indulging in the cultural version of the sports argument in the neighborhood bar or those lists so beloved by slick magazines.

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