(I've read several of his books. To me they were just so-so.)
In 2016, months before the election, and long before today’s attack, Salman Rushdie appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher and explained why he supported Hillary Clinton.
It wasn’t just because he shared many of her policy positions (though that was surely part of it). It was because he understood what it was like to face decades of irrational attacks by critics. ...