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TREASON – ANN COULTER

Coulter is on TV a lot and, instead of making her wrestle pigs or balance beach balls on her nose, hosts ask her questions about politics.

By Erich Schulte: March 11, 2006
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SLANDER – ANN COULTER

Ducks are birds, cardinals are Catholic and anyone who swallows her crap is a
stupid shit-eater.

By Erich Schulte: March 11, 2006
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SEEN & HEARD – KYLE WILLIMS

Kyle waxes nostalgic about a time when we had “barn raisings, quilting bees, and barn dances.” Who knew conservatives so revered the Amish?

By Matt Cale: March 11, 2006
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A SECOND MENCKEN CHRESTOMATHY – H.L. MENCKEN

“I am suspicious of all the things that the average citizen believes.”

By Matt Cale: March 11, 2006
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THE HUMAN STAIN – PHILIP ROTH

When Silk turns 71 he discovers Viagra, and an illiterate college janitor named Faunia Farley who is half his age, igniting a passionate affair…

By TAWP: March 11, 2006
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FOR LOVE OF COUNTRY? – SEN, NUSSBAUM, WALZER…

The flag has been marketed and exploited to the extent that
it’s the pet rock of 2002.

By Erich Schulte: March 11, 2006
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GOAT A MEMOIR – BRAD LAND

Written as if the author were attempting to channel the very worst components of Ernest Hemingway and Cormac McCarthy.

By Matt Cale: March 11, 2006
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GENERATION X GOES TO COLLEGE – PETER SACKS

Education has been so co-opted by business and entertainment values that what learning takes place is entirely accidental.

By Matt Cale: March 11, 2006
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GARBAGE LAND – ELIZABETH ROYTE

Why in the hell are there guards patrolling the dumpsites, unless illegal activity is taking place?

By Matt Cale: March 11, 2006
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GIRLFRIEND IN A COMA – DOUGLAS COUPLAND

How could you tell?

By TAWP: March 11, 2006