Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal has a few words on Fox , the nature of the 911 investigation
can't find the best TV talking head essay I ever saw - where his face filled the screen like Big Brother, and in 20 minutes he spanned the history and creation of America, its relation to its european roots and the essence of the country's psyche and character. amazing. Will post i can find it.

His biography Palimpsest is a good read - with the full complement of bitchiness, name dropping and arch snobbery you'd expect from anold politico family (the Gore in his name comes from the same Gore family as democrat Al Gore)