A Comment About

How The New Republic Got Suckered

August 20, 2007 - 7:45 am
crypticguise
2007-08-20 08:01:58

This story continues to expand; it has gone from incredible to quite credible based on the continuing stonewalling from TNR.

The key may be this:

…They were talking about Beauchamp. Foer couldn’t understand why anyone would just make things up.

Wieseltier did. “Maybe he [Beauchamp] is a sociopath.”

A sociopath who has lied to just about everyone. I feel sorry for his wife and his ex-fiances. The rest – well they are just “stepping stones” to Beauchamp’s goals in life.