A Man and His Xerox
“I don’t know how I can entirely say no to that,” Leahy allowed. “I’m certainly publishing my own stuff, that’s for sure.”
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“None of this makes much sense to writers who live comfortably in the liberal tradition of writing. Liberals are quite comfortable with the assumption that leftists and conservatives have no right to see print. Of course, conservatives have greater access to money. Serious leftists frequently have to produce not only the writing, but the means of publication as well.”
Hard left! We hadn’t heard that phrase in 20 years! William Leahy is 55 and obscure. Almost all of his work up to now has been done for such publications as the Irish Times of Dublin, the Guardian of New York, Second City, an underground Chicago paper of the early 70s, and Fra Noi, the local Italian-American monthly.
“As the Irish say, not to worry,” wrote Leahy. “We are privileged to live among the Plain People of Chicago, who have praised Leahy’s Corner for its recent CTA expose, which beat out all other publications on the current problems.”
“It diminishes his standing,” complained an irked (white) reporter. It is one thing to be “late,” with its belongs-to-the-ages ring, and something less to be “former,” which is what every public servant is who got booted off the gravy train. “It’s politically motivated,” said the reporter, predicting the Sun-Times would tout Richard M. shamelessly in the ’89 mayoral derby.
