Class Notes: Posing as Politics and Other Thoughts on the American Scene.

• Author: Rothschild, Matthew
• Position: Brief Article

Class Notes: Posing as Politics and Other Thoughts on the American Scene by Adolph Reed Jr. The New Press, 211 pages. $25.00.

Adolph Reed Jr. gives no quarter. His unflinching stance and his piercing eye enable him to take on all comers, including--even especially--those on the liberal and leftwing side whom he faults for being muddle-headed or opportunistic. Many of these essays appeared previously in The Nation, The Progressive, or The Village Voice, but Reed provides a twenty-eight page introduction that...