He also penned essays praising playwright Clifford Odets as well as George Herriman's newspaper comic strip Krazy Kat. "The 'Idealism' of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg" showed the executed American Stalinists in a brutally honest light.
He wrote essays praising playwright Clifford Odets and cartoonist George Herriman, and his essay "The 'Idealism' of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg" presented a critical view of the executed American Stalinists.