PanBalls and StrikesA book written in the cadence of your airplane row mate who won’t stop broadcasting their meandering life story ... There’s nothing wrong with writing about friendship; there are many classics in the genre ... But you can’t use the glop you write about friendships as a shield against the criticism that such friendships prevent you from doing your job effectively and ethically ... Totenberg’s amoral flaunting of her friendships and her inability to reckon with her choices prove that maintaining access and scoring minor scoops can’t justify covering one of America’s most retrograde institutions when you include its members as party guests.
