If Only There’d Been Amazon Reviewers In Sophocles’ Time

“This is what makes citizen reviewers such a welcome addition to the body politic: Their courageous sniping from behind the bushes, emulating Ethan Allen and the Swamp Fox back in 1776, reaffirms that democracy functions best when you fire your musket and then run away. … I cannot help wondering what a typical Amazon.com review might have looked like had the Internet existed centuries ago….”