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Posts published in January 2015

Reviewese 101

Where are the witty reviewers of yore; the Alexander Woollcotts, the Dorothy Parkers, the Walter Kerrs, and the rest of an erudite and often acerbic…

The Lost Letters of Yoko Ono and Heather Mills

Yoko Ono. Heather Mills. Yoko Ono Lennon. Heather Mills-McCartney. Two women. Two Beatles. Who knew? Just remember – everyone – even the allegedly sycophantic, royally…

More Special Interest Groups Required

Many Americans identify themselves through compound forms based on national or regional origin—African-American, Italian-American, Irish-American, Mexican-American, etc. Such individuals often band together and hold parades, have parties, and get politicians to cater to their particular interests. But what about folks who identify themselves in ways other than where they or their descendants came from? Shouldn’t these people be able to form collectives and get in on the action? Take the case of Ugly-Americans.

Long Live Our Gladiators!

By Harvey J. Lieberman 19 January 2015 Revelations about concussion injuries among professional football players and the resulting National Football League settlement challenge cherished notions…

Back Cover from The Blood Soaked Bed

(A Jason Half-Pillow Ennui Existential) When Amy One Eye Shut, an almost pathologically shy Navajo Maid at just another in a scattered series of California…

Republicans Attack Obama in Lavagate Scandal

Robert Charpentier WASHINGTON—Republican Congressional leaders are calling the President out for his handling of the ongoing, destructive lava flow in Hawaii. “We want to know…

Voltaire in England

by Fred Russell 4 January 2015 In May 1726 Voltaire sailed up the Thames, London-bound. He was thirty-two at the time, a scrawny Frenchman with…

Top Five New Mental Disorders of 2015

The following are five new mental disorders that have been included in the American Psychiatric Association’s 2015 edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of…




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