I'm in about the same position as northsky - in my case, they were tolerable to read once, but the kind of thing where I totally stop caring when I'm not reading it. It's a writing style that's easy to digest quickly, but the content isn't anything that stays with me.

As for the articles, I think I agree with them, but at the same time, it felt a little bit like reading one of my own old lit papers where I used to ignore some aspects of the text in support of my point, and I'm not sure why. I'll try and come back to the essays when I'm more awake.