OVER AT THE BELGRAVIA DISPATCH, Greg Djerejian looks at the latest by Chris Hedges and ponders the New York Times / New York Review of Books echo chamber.

I got the promotional email for this issue of the NYRB, which states: “With the approaching commencement of George Bush¹s second term, the Holiday Issue serves as an engaging and necessary guide to start America thinking with the right foot forward.” I don’t think it’s actually the right foot. . . .