Remember that scene in Annie Hall where Woody drags Marshall McLuhan on screen to eviscerate a pontificating pseudo-intellectual? One of the great moments in movie history. Anyway, something similar has been going on over at Roger L. Simon's blog. Sort of.
I first caught a link to Nidra Poller's incredible Commentary piece over at Occam's Toothbrush, and then found the link to the discussion at Roger's via Ocean Guy.
Ms. Poller is a friend of Roger's, so it's not surprising that she showed up to respond to her (rather snarky) critics in the comment thread. Whether Roger himself pulled her in from stage right or she just happened to wander by on her own is anybody's guess. Needless to say, she held her own.
By the way, I sent a copy of the Commentary article to my mother in Jerusalem. She suggested that, as Ms. Poller clearly doesn't feel at home in either France or the U.S., there is another alternative.
Yes, well, that's a thought.
