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I guess when everyone keeps telling you that you are the premiere intellectual in the world, you may actually start to believe it. I never got that vibe from his writing though, nor have I gotten this feeling from his contemporaries account of him.
I have no idea though. What I do know is that if he was a one trick pony I sure wish more writers would learn this trick. His writing got me to challenge assumptions, made me laugh aloud and definitely had me looking up world history events to put some reference in context. I enjoyed that about his writing. He toggled the point of rococo while remaining relevant and humorous. He had a style. I liked it. I wish he didn't croak. I'll never forget him calling out the disgraceful, opportunistic, scum of the earth jackass that is Ralph Reed on Hannity when Jerry Falwell died. -There was no bombast in that last sentence btw, it's fact.