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Naomi versus Naomi, again

  So let us turn back to the conflict between Naomi Wolf and Naomi Klein, as I outlined it on Tuesday. Do I have a preference?  Other than Naomi Campbell of course (talking about the beauty myth!).   It is hard to say.  Just weeks ago, when I still saw myself as an anarcho-capitalist, I would not have mentioned this, except as a sample of how the control-freaks of the world might fall out with each other to the incidental benefit of liberty. Nowadays I cannot give such a wise assed answer. So ... what CAN I say. As I indicated Tuesday, I approve of the fact that Wolf, though surely left of center in American political concerns herself, goes off the reservation.  She thinks for herself. With regard to Klein, I know of no similar self-assertiveness at the expense of orthodoxy.  I'd love to see it.  On the other hand, my relatively slight sampling of both authors indicates to me that Klein is a scholar, careful about sourcing. Wolf, though, is an af...