Why don't I believe Mr. DeLong
He says:
Jonathan Chait writes:
Last night I happened to be reading an old Michael Kinsley TRB column from 1985. (I tend to do that when I need inspiration to write.) The column deals with book by Peter Ueberroth and Lee Iacocca. He writes, “Both books are examples of a genre best described as autohagiography.”
I, myself, too, tend often to just happen to be reading old newsmagazine columns from decades ago...