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The Close Read: James Poulos on Digital Religion

The Claremont Review of Books Podcast

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The Ad Man - Is That a Fair Assessment?

i was not just ma in avenue and hollywood, but the d c culture of spin doctors and journalists who saw themselves as something more than reporters. i pretty clearly see that in commentaries n wall street culture, such as american psycho where the line between the fantasy and the reality was really blurred away. What happens on screen is more important than what happens off screen. Whatever you can get into that 50 second ad spot or that two hour movie, doesn't matter what's on the outside of the fringes.

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