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But there is room for improvement in our leadership style . Secretary of State Madeleine Albright has asked those of us who speak publicly for the United States to make a conscious effort not to sound smug, patronizing, or hectoring.
Others find the book cynical, "simplistic and patronizing" (Richard Rhodes, the New York Times Book Review ). They say Kinsey's private life bears no relation to his scholarship, and they question the biography's anonymous sources.
He appears to anticipate, and resent, our patronizing spying.
Four days before the election, with one poll showing the candidates in a virtual tie, Mulholland got the story out by shouting questions at the Republican during a campaign stop--accusing him of also patronizing a Sunset Boulevard strip club.
Of course, we don't want to get caught up in the intentional fallacy, and a work of art of strength should be open to a variety of interpretations, but I think there's a danger of missing the plot (and incidentally patronizing African culture) if we deny Ofili's Madonna its subversiveness, iconoclasm, and sheer naughtiness.