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    GuyBitchy: We've witnessed "the passing away of religious tyranny"? Really? When it was such a widely unchallenged premise in our media and elsewhere that to be ... more »
    Dickdogfood: I like Didion quite a bit but Jesus GAWD but sometimes she can't keep her narcissism in check and it's ANNOYING. Her "unexpressable uneasiness" doesn'... more »
    Eeva: Last week, just after the election, I went to a talk given by Samantha Power and Cass Sunstein. They are friends of and advisers to Obama, and yet bot... more »
    SisterMaryMartha: Bless her for her reason. more »
    it takes a lot to laugh: Didion's a very cool customer, observing of California that it was built primarily on state institutions, like mental hospitals and prisons, notwithst... more »
    jigglyball: Death, taxes, and measured distance from Joan Didion. more »
    Iceland Spar: I don't typically read Jezebel, but I just wanted to say that this is an extremely good post. more »
    Saxon 212: She has every reason to worry. I work in luxury retail and people have just stopped spending money, we are heading for a cliff and the fall will be lo... more »
    bluebears: I am SO JEALOUS. Tell me this will be on cspan soon. God, Didion is a genius. more »
    maggeimerc: I enjoy her view immensely. Part of what got us into a mess was people blindly following Bush and expecting him to save us all after September 11th. N... more »
    GirlyWhirl: Sounds like she was the highlight of the evening to me. Didion doesn't mess around. And she's so lovely... she looks like a little fragile bird to me. more »
    dancerevolution: Oh Joan, you with your reality and pragmatism. What a drag. more »
    Alexa_Khan: I would love to see this. I don't know Didion well, but The Year of Magical Thinking was incredible in its weirdly distanced pain. She's right and he'... more »
    Penny: Now this, Sadie, is a faaaaaabulous post. Love it! more »
    AllieCaulfield: Joan Didion's "measured caution" is practically perfect. more »
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    Joan Didion Is Kind Of A Downer About The Election