Today is a big day around my house: my wife will finally

finish “I Am Charlotte Simmons,” the new Tom Wolfe novel, which means I’ll

get my hands on it. Julie loves the book, and says she’s amazed that Wolfe,

in his seventies, got the reality of college life down so accurately. She’s

seven years out of college, and says the book rings true to her. Moreover,

she says that she understands why The New York Times and other MSM outlets

have negged the book. She told me last night, “Tom Wolfe rejects the sexual

revolution, and his protagonist is a good girl with traditional morals. When

she compromises on her standards, she takes it hard. I bet this worldview is

inconceivable for the kind of people who write reviews for The New York

Times, but it makes perfect sense to readers like me.”