Reviews for A matter of opinion

The average rating for A matter of opinion based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-11-03 00:00:00 Justin Montgomery Reading Victor Navasky's memoir is like entering another world, a world where Democrat Ed Koch isn't just less liberal than his fellow Democrats, but is a neo-conservative. A world of Binkys and Hams and Pings summering in Martha's Vineyard. A world where well-off socialists fight for the right to eat caviar, and "socialist experiments" good for every business but those of socialists.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-05-20 00:00:00 Eve Collins As you might expect of a publisher/editor/teacher/scholar, Navasky is an excellent writer. He's even able to make this memoir of a magazine fascinating (at least to me). "The Nation" is America's oldest weekly publication, dating to 1865, and has always been a liberal journal of opinion. It's also always been on the verge of collapse, and Navasky's story of the continual battle to raise the money to keep it going is really good. If you're a Fox News fan you won't like it; but if you're sort of not-very-political, like me, I think you will. It takes time and effort to read it though.