"The gods are not to be feared, / Death is not to be dreaded; / What is good is easy to acquire / What is bad is easy to bear." —quoted in Pierre Cadet, "What is Ancient Philosophy?" Cambridge, Mass.: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002.
Category: lessons
Seymour Hersh’s “Reporter”
"'Reporter' demonstrates that Hersh has derived three simple lessons from that rule:The powerful prey mercilessly upon the powerless, up to and including mass murder.The powerful lie constantly about their predations.The natural instinct of the media is to let the powerful get away with it."—Jon Schwarz, "Seymour Hersh’s New Memoir Is a Fascinating, Flabbergasting Masterpiece." The … Continue reading Seymour Hersh’s “Reporter”
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