Daniel Patrick Moynihan was a United States Senator from New York who served from 1977 to 2001. A towering figure in American politics and public policy, he was known for his intellectual rigor and expertise on issues ranging from urban poverty to international relations. He contributed occasional pieces to The Weekly Standard in 1999.
With the publication of Ex-Friends, Norman Podhoretz has performed a near to thrilling intellectual feat. Each of the figures he takes up in memory and judgment -- Allen Ginsberg, Lionel and Diana Trilling, Lillian Hellman, Hannah Arendt, and Norman Mailer -- is a prototype of sorts. Together they…
WITH THE PUBLICATION of "Ex-Friends," Norman Podhoretz has performed a near to thrilling intellectual feat. Each of the figures he takes up in memory and judgment--Allen Ginsberg, Lionel and Diana Trilling, Lillian Hellman, Hannah Arendt, and Norman Mailer--is a prototype of sorts. Together they…