It's OK to Suspend Your Judgment (But Not Forever)

On Katherine Dee and her critics.

In 1968, Norman Mailer and Marshall McLuhan, two mid-century legends, faced off in a televised debate about media and culture. At first blush, the encounter (which has enjoyed a second life on the Internet since at least the late 2000s, when I first saw it), is hard to follow. There seems to be little clash between the two men; Mailer tries aggressively…