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Why I’m reading Sinclair Lewis again

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“Senator Windrip has got an excellent chance to be elected President, next November, and if he is, probably his gang of buzzards will get us in some war, just to grease their insane vanity and show the world that we’re the huskiest nation going. And then I, the Liberal, and you, the Plutocrat, the bogus […]

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“If sandwich near apartment building, borrow money.”
“You need the sheepskin on the wall to get ahead in life today.”
“Lounge yourself!”

Quote of the day: fear

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From the Rude Pundit, one of my favorite commentators of all:
Fear is a narcotic, man. It makes us wanna curl up in the laps of the ones who would comfort us and make all the monsters go away. But, as children from time immemorial would tell you, sometimes the monsters are the ones with the […]

An apology for the drum-beating

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The New York Times apologizes for succumbing like every other American media outlet on the heels of war and not questioning the information being provided by the Bush administration.
One of the eight major trends isolated in the State of the News Media 2004 Annual Report Overview was that “[t]hose who would manipulate the press […]

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“Jesus, at least sniff my ankles before you determine I’m a cat person.”