An Unenviable Situation rocks:
How many times can I say this? We have no real Left in this country because the workers are the subject of discussion and not the participants. We are bonded together only by desire. Alterman’s hard-on for the middlingly sincere Springsteen only proves the point. His contempt for the unwieldy and profane is obvious, but that is what you have to grasp if you want to play politics in this country, or even enjoy its culture.