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After his 1996 debacle, Forbes swapped his libertarian-tinged, purely economic conservatism for its opposite--a preachy, self-righteous social conservatism.
Lamenting "the near total erosion of the distinction between the upmarket dailies and their tabloid print and television inferiors," MacArthur attacked both the Times and the Washington Post for persisting in a "self-righteous persecution of Mr. Clinton and defence of Mr. Starr's vice-squad techniques."
The latest installment in the Grisham legal thriller franchise gets good press: It's "personal, moving and much deeper" than his previous books, writes Deirdre Donahue in USA Today . Critics say this one is better because Grisham goes beyond his usual dabbling in social causes and injects honest-to-God Christian spirituality, and with success: "Grisham's smart use of the suspense novel to explore questions of being and faith puts him squarely in the footsteps of Dickens and Graham Greene" ( Publishers Weekly ). A few reviewers find the overt Christianity preachy and self-righteous, but most say it improves an otherwise standard page-turner.
And the magazine visits actress/activist Vanessa Redgrave, who is more self-righteous and obsessive than ever about her causes.
A self-righteous tone suffuses this biography: The author clearly feels he has exposed the dirty secrets that inspired his protagonist's "crypto" agenda of reform.