Month: January 2010

RIP, J.D. Salinger

We hardly knew you. In his honor, a favorite excerpt from A Perfect Day for Bananafish: Sybil immediately stooped and began to dig in the sand. “Let’s go in the water,” she said. “All right,” said...

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Fanaticism in American Politics

Watching Supreme Court Justice Alito’s performance last night at the State of The Union speech by President Obama, I was struck with the sudden revelation that America has entered into a new and dangerous era of political...

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