Edited sentence: " In a roundtable discussion in 2002, Romano, speaking about his own experience at The Philadelphia Inquirer.A longer response addressing the legal issues raised in Romano's two-part essay appeared in Publishers Weekly.A review of Philip Roth prompted David Gates of Newsweek to use Romano's review as an example of "confusing the man with the work," the type of reception Roth's early work repeatedly receieved before he was recognized as an American master.But that wouldn't be fair.During the 1980s Romano wrote articles for the Philadelphia Inquirer covering a dispute between Janet Malcolm and Jeffrey Kittay.His crusade against tolerance or sympathy for fascist ideology in the administration of higher education, Catholic leadership, and the teaching and publication of philosophy have also come under scrutiny.I could say that The Believer is McSweeney's on McSweeney's, Eggersphere on Eggersphere, that it's public relations.I see them as essentially Consumer Reports guides.In 1994, he wrote two pieces in The Nation about Dan Moldea's legal actions against The New York Times.In 2004 The Chronicle of Higher Education published assertions by Romano concerning Dale Peck's Hatchet Jobs in a panel discussion about negative reviews, according to A.In 2007, Heidi Julavits, referring to newspaper reviews, said, "I think a 650-word review is bullshit... Reviews are not criticism.In November 1993, Romano wrote a review, in The Nation, of Catharine MacKinnon's Only Words.It involved a hypothetical rape and criticized MacKinnon's positions on artistic representation and freedom of expression.Jacobs in Publishers Weekly.Romano's performance as a reviewer of philosophy books and his understanding of the nature of philosophy taught in British and American universities has come under critical scrutiny by academic philosophers as highlighted in The Chronicle of Higher Education.The Nation editorialized against Romano's conclusions in the same issue.The article generated coverage in Time Magazine and Newsweek.responded, "We're on the same side