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Best of the “Best”: The New Yorker
by possibly noteworthy at 8:04 pm EST, Dec 22, 2007

Louis Menand:

Everyone acts superior to lists (so arbitrary and invidious!), but the act is a bluff. The fact of the matter is basic and ineluctable: we need these lists. The year would not be complete without them. The year would not make sense without them.