\nGore Vidal wrote in tribute of the recently deceased Barbara Epstein (The New York Review of Books: Barbara Epstein (1928-2006)<\/a>):\n<\/p>\n

Ultimately, in fact, she could accept almost
\nanything in the way of a point of view if she was convinced that it was
\nexpressed in good faith: needless to say, she had a difficult time
\ndealing with the baroque lies of the neocons which have made mephitic
\nthe swamps of bookchat. <\/ul>\n

\nI had to look up the word \"mephitic,\" which was Dictionary.com\/Word of the Day on June 23, 2001 in dictionary.com<\/a>. One definition is \"offensive to the smell; as, mephitic odors.\"<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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