The UVa story has been retracted. Links here and here.

Red Wedding at the New Republic. Links here and here.

UPDATE: I’m upset about the New Republic. I’m very upset. I need to read interesting things, and this is one more place that will start to give me 8th grade explainer shit. I don’t need any more 8th grade explainer shit.

The people who left are very smart people. Where are they going to go? There are fewer and fewer places that want long form articles about smart stuff.

I’m upset, dammit.

UPDATE2: More from Andrew Sullivan