Ankush, I’m afraid, is a bit confued. The reason James Kirchik’s inane posts wind up on The Plank is that he isn’t “the assistant to TNR’s editor, Franklin Foer.” He’s Martin Peretz‘s assistant, so (low) quality of work is not a bar to publication.
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