Gore Vidal Speaks Seriously Ill of the Dead

I can recall that day in the 1930s when a "news" (sic) magazine appeared in Washington, D.C.; it was called Newsweek: meant to be a counterbalance to Time Magazine's uncontrollable malice. In due course the two became sadly alike as Vincent Astor morphed into Henry Luce: Was it something in the water? I once asked Henry Luce why he called Time a news magazine when it was simply Uncle Harry's means of venting his rage (this was 1960 or so) at liberals, and "degenerate art" like the plays of Tennessee Williams-he had no answer.