April 3rd, 2005
I generally like Hanna Rosin’s work a lot, so I’m doubly shocked by how flawed her analysis of Pope John Paul II: Her basic thesis is that his papacy was a failure. Huh? I’ve got a longer piece on the matter here.
If I had to bet, I’d wager this is just another case of Kinsleyism run amok. That’s fine, but Rosin’s a fine writer and reporter. She’s better than this.
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So is she just a lazy journalist or is this her agenda? It’s dumfounding how she could over look facts.
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Not all was wrong at the Post this morning. George Will made the point that “one of the most consequential people of the 20th century’s second half was a Pole who lived in Rome, governing a city-state of 109 acres.” It was a good tribute to a man who did so much for freedom and humanity.
Charles April 4, 2005 at 1:34 am
I heard a similar thesis at the end of a retrospective on NPR yesterday by Sylvia Poggioli. Basically, that he was the most beloved Pope no one ever paid any attention to. In a way, its funny listening to or reading mainstream journalists try to put this man in a box. I’m sure I look just as silly when I my own vanity on display.