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Encounter bids The New York Times farewell

June 25, 2008 - 6:20 am - by Roger Kimball
Pat
2008-06-24 07:24:39

Chica, you’re embarrassing yourself. Perhaps you should have actually read Roger Kimball’s announcement before commenting. He points out that numerous books published by Encounter have appeared on the NYT’s bestseller list, so your sneers about a “vanity publishing house” and “wingnut welfare system” just draw attention to your ignorance.

Please explain to us why it makes sense for the NYT to refuse to review bestselling books. You might want to read Roger’s examples of the trivial and worthless books the NYT has chosen to review. Of course, that will require you to first (1) learn the actual facts and (2) think. Based on your comment, I’m not sure you’re up to the job.