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A Modest Proposal

"If I Were the Devil"

Holly Munson | Posted 07.02.2012 | Politics
Read More: Video, Paul Harvey, Free Market America, If I Were the Devil, E.L. Doctorow, Satire, c.s. Lewis, A Modest Proposal, The Screwtape Letters, Bipartisanship, Jonathan Swift, Politics News
Holly Munson

Satire is an important form of political commentary. The problem is that when someone equates a particular policy position with The Destruction of America As We Know It, they disregard the fact that reasonable people can disagree.

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Educating for Democracy: Let Students Fire the Teachers - A Modest Proposal

Joel Shatzky | Posted 07.23.2012 | Home
Read More: Florida Education Reform, Parents Grades, Parents Grading Teachers, Teacher Grading System, Teachers Grade Parents, Satire, Standardized Tests, Students Grading Teachers, A Modest Proposal, Education Reform, Florida Schools, Home News
Joel Shatzky

After all, giving students the authority to judge their teachers is based on the market-driven premise that the primary "consumers" of the "education industry" would be best to judge the quality of the merchandise.

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The Real N-Word Is "Nonsense"

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: Mark Twain, NewSouth Books, Censorship, Joseph Conrad, Wordbridge, Huckleberry Finn, New York Times, Nigger of the Narcissus, Jim, A Modest Proposal, Slave, Sanitized, Books News
Kenneth C. Davis

Some readers, along with educators and parents, have been offended by the use of a word that makes people uncomfortable -- with good reason. News flash: Art is supposed to make us uncomfortable.

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Make Welfare Recipients Get Drug Tested!

Bart Motes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: Civil Liberties, Good Sounding Dumb Ideas, A Modest Proposal, Libertarianism, Welfare Reform, Politics News
Bart Motes

Ditto anyone who gets federal student aid. Can you imagine those people spending our hard earned tax dollars on drugs? They should be dropping that loot at Starbucks like every other student.

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A Modest Proposal, or How to Use Wasted Resources...Like the Elderly!

Jilly Gagnon | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
Read More: Elderly, Taxes, Infants, Children, Humor, Prisoners, Satire, Homeless, A Modest Proposal, Fees, Style News
Jilly Gagnon

You will never escape the fact that the nurses are stealing tic-tacs out of Grandma's purse when she isn't paying attention. Shouldn't you get something for it?

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The Best Medicine

Caroline Hirsch | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Bill Clinton, The Colbert Report, Seinfeld, Tony Blair, A Modest Proposal, Laughter, Merrill Lynch, Daily Show, Economic Collapse, Bush Doctrine, Jon Stewart, Lehman Brothers, Comedy Central, Aristophanes, Ancient Greeks, Jeff Ross, Jonathan Swift, Tina Fey, Dancing With the Stars, Sarah Palin Reaction, Colbert Report, Healthy Living News
Caroline Hirsch

As the economy collapses and political scandals keep flaring up like bad rashes, where should America turn for answers? What's going to keep us from falling apart? The answer: laughter.

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