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Porn For People Who Like Books

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.18.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Edgar Allan Poe, Boswell's Life of Johnson, James Boswell, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Eat Pray Love, William-Dean-Howells, Samuel Johnson, Oliver-Twist, Tell-Tale Heart, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court, Edward Gibbon, Mark Twain, Da Vinci Code, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

The Decline and Fall of my Previously Erect Penis

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A Sneak Peek At New Books

Posted 11.09.2009 | Books

Read More: Alexander McCall Smith, Under the Dome, Barbara Kingsolver, Barbara Kingsolver the Lacuna, Sunday Book Review, The Lacuna, Stephen King, The Unbearable Lightness of Scones, Books, Mary Karr Lit, Lit, Book Review, Samuel Johnson, Book Reviews, Stephen King Under the Dome, Mary Karr, China, David Nokes, Books News

This week, the book review round-up includes some reviews from insider journals Publishers Weekly, Kirkus and Booklist, which often get the scoop on n...

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Questioning the Patriotism of Freeman's Critics

Ira Forman | Posted 04.10.2009 | World

Read More: Jeffrey Goldberg, Mudslinging, Patriotism, Samuel Johnson, Joseph McCarthy, Stephen Walt, Israel, Chas Freeman, Barack Obama, M.J. Rosenberg, World News
Ira Forman

No side comes out smelling clean when it engages in this mudslinging. However, we progressives should make a particular effort to avoid calling our opponents unpatriotic.

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Obama's Election is the "Triumph of Hope"

Linda Kulman | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Unity, Election Reaction, Harry Blackmun, Election Day, Oracle, President Obama, Samuel Johnson, Barack Obama Acceptance Speech, Alan Greenspan, Barack Obama, HuffPost Election Reaction, Politics News
Linda Kulman

With Obama as our president-elect, the country is, in essence, about to enter into its 44th marriage.

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