In Which We Face Up To The Tragic Sense of Life

We last allowed you to appreciate the man, the myth, the legend Whittaker Chambers when he took apart Ayn Rand. I don’t really agree with much of what he writes in that review; it strikes me that convicting Rand of lacking nuance isn’t a solid point. But since it does not pay to take Rand literally, I suppose “Big Sister Is Watching You” was necessary. Chambers knew everything, and this essay he may have worked on with James Agee about Franz Kafka is proof. Sure, Kafka was a popular guy by