The MagazineFor those who wonder why American newspapers find themselves in such perilous condition, The Scrapbook recommends a look at the November 10, 2011, Style section of the Washington Post.  The front page is almost entirely consumed with a bird’s-eye view of McPherson Square in Washington, site of one of the “Occupy D.C.” encampments, complete with careful identification of renamed sidewalks—Che Guevara Avenue, Angela Davis Avenue, etc.—and minute annotations of its various components: “The chess tent [where] after dark the ‘de-escalation team’ deploys from here to settle conflicts,” “Camp Malcolm [X], formerly Camp Awesome,” the Drum Circle, People’s Kitchen, Chair Massage, Safe Space, and solar panels. Two inside pages are given over to detailed descriptions of the camp’s various features: A library tent with “a collection as broad as its movement” features titles like The Progressive’s Guide to Raising Hell. The “camp medic keeps his eye on public health”—although Pietro, devoid of surname as well as medical training, tells the Post, “I personally am opposed to vaccines.” There is even an encampment newspaper, titled (to the Post’s delight) the Occupied Washington Times, after one of the Post’s competitors. To read more, you must be a Weekly Standard Subscriber We're Sorry,
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