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Christopher Hitchens takes Garrison Keillor to task

posted by Jason Kottke   Feb 15, 2006

Christopher Hitchens takes Garrison Keillor to task for slamming Bernard-Henri Levy’s take on the US, American Vertigo. I’m patiently waiting for someone to take on Hitchens on Keillor on Levy on America.

Well, Garrison Keillor sure didn’t like Bernard-Henri

posted by Jason Kottke   Jan 30, 2006

Well, Garrison Keillor sure didn’t like Bernard-Henri Levy’s American Vertigo much. I’m about halfway through…review soon (hopefully).

Interesting graph comparing the size of new

posted by Jason Kottke   Jan 24, 2006

Interesting graph comparing the size of new homes and the obesity rate in America (which seem to track quite closely since 1995), prompting the question, are Americans growing to fit their environment? Relatedly, Bernard-Henri Levy on American obesity: “The obesity of the body is a metaphor of another obesity. There is a tendency in America to believe that the bigger the better for everything — for churches, cities, malls, companies and campaign budgets. There’s an idolatry of bigness.”