Wilentz, West, and Black Intellectuals: A Reply: Responds
Walser, Michael
I am not going to join the argument between Sean Wilentz and Martin Kilson, both of whom are fellow editors and friends of mine. But I do want to say in response to Kilson that I am glad that...
...Several other editors wanted to cut the attack out of Kilson's article, but he insisted that it be included in the published version, as it properly was...
...A useful example of this kind of inner-Dissent criticism is provided by Marty Kilson himself, in his sharp attack on Jim Sleeper, another member of our editorial board, in the Fall 1991 issue of the magazine...
...But I do want to say in response to Kilson that I am glad that the argument takes place in these pages...
...Dissent's editorial policy with regard to arguments of this sort has not changed...
...q WINTER...
...The air won't clear until we acknowledge the clouds...
...We do not review books by editors, but no writer for the magazine is barred from criticizing the public work or political positions of Dissent editors or from joining debates in which they are involved...
...The issues are hard even when they aren't personally focused, but they are, as we all know, the stuff of everyday conversation among liberal and left intellectuals, and they require public airing...
Vol. 43 • January 1996 • No. 1
