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New York Times Writer Disrespects Recently Deceased Author

By john w connelly jr - Posted on November 10th, 2008

Edward Rothstein recently published this article about recently deceased author Louis "Studs" Terkel. As I have already noted, I am a huge fan of Terkel's writing. I am hardly alone, it seems everyone in the media was in agreement that Terkel was a "national treasure," except Rothstein. Read More »

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