So, listen:
Our man in D.C., Lindsay Robinson, it turns out, is buddies with Eugene Robinson (no relation), the regular guest on MSNBC, the Washington Post columnist and the man who wrote "Disintegration." As you'll recall, "Disintegration" lost by one vote to Tom Burrell's "Brainwashed" leading up to our last meeting.
Well, Lindsay wrote this in an e-mail to me moments ago: "BTW. I spoke Eugene Robinson about BMR and his book and he would be down for being a part of a meeting with us. What do ya think? Just putting it out there..."
So I'm throwing it out there, as well. If you go back to the tally for the vote http://blackmenreadva.blogspot.com/2010/11/time-to-vote.html , almost everyone who voted for "Brainwashed" also voted for "Disintegration"---and since it was so close, might we want to read "Disintegration" for our January 15, 2011 meeting instead so that the author might sit amongst us?
But then again, this was an official vote and tally---and "Brainwashed" won, fair and square. How do you guys feel about this? Should we exercise our right to flexibility and swich? Or should we stick with what we've done, no matter what....?
Please give your views on the matter in the comments section. (By the way, there's no guarantee that Eugene Robinson can actually MAKE a January 15 meeting, only that he's willing to try to do so...)
