I just returned from a family holiday, which isn't really the reason I'vebeen lax about posting here, but it makes a good excuse. Dispatches from suburban DC will be forthcoming (including a very important book review), but I've decided to break my silence to ask a question that's been plaguing me ever since I promised audio versions of my articles lo those many weeks ago:

Should I be reading these in a radio-friendly, Midwestern American brogue (like one you might hear on NPR), or what an old neighbor of mine once referred to as my "Prospect Heights accent?"

I put it to you, gentle and probably annoyed readers.

P. S. I just want to finish this copy of Immanuel Wallerstein's "The Decline of American Power" before I review it, but don't worry, I'm a fast reader.