Michael Phillips finds Marines in Afghanistan too young to remember 9/11
Or, if they do, have only vague memories, and at the time certainly didn’t understand what had happened. So reports Michael M. Phillips in a depressing article in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal. Read it even though the owner has been found unfit for decent company. (But hey — this is the United States! When was ...
Or, if they do, have only vague memories, and at the time certainly didn't understand what had happened. So reports Michael M. Phillips in a depressing article in Saturday's Wall Street Journal. Read it even though the owner has been found unfit for decent company. (But hey -- this is the United States! When was that ever a bar to owning a newspaper? Or working for one? Newspapers are full of misfits, which often becomes evident only when they are promoted to management jobs. In its glory days the Washington Post specialized in aggressive narcissists of all stripes, while the Wall Street Journal's sweet spot was passive-aggressive middle-aged white males.)
Or, if they do, have only vague memories, and at the time certainly didn’t understand what had happened. So reports Michael M. Phillips in a depressing article in Saturday’s Wall Street Journal. Read it even though the owner has been found unfit for decent company. (But hey — this is the United States! When was that ever a bar to owning a newspaper? Or working for one? Newspapers are full of misfits, which often becomes evident only when they are promoted to management jobs. In its glory days the Washington Post specialized in aggressive narcissists of all stripes, while the Wall Street Journal’s sweet spot was passive-aggressive middle-aged white males.)
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