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Novelist essayist critic. Books include Up In The Air, Thumbsucker, Mission To America, The Unbinding, She Needed Me, Lost In The Meritocracy.
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@ChuckBrouilette not absurd to me. The systematic use of the tax authority to scare and harass is the leviathan run amok.
In scope and boldness, the IRS scandal is Watergate cubed. Worst case scenario for free speech and democracy. Like wow.
@DanaNewman @thebyliner thanks for watching and thanks for saying so.
Politics as a comprehensive lens for viewing almost everything is itself becoming problematic.
@MUGGER1955 I agree celeb worship isn't new but I think the latest version has some distinctive qualities.
@ElScotto Yes, but I can't say what for about a week. Will let you know. And am glad you care!
Celebrating Inequality nyti.ms/10H5Siy
Inequality and the Modern Culture of Celebrity
nytimes.com — THE Roaring '20s was the decade when modern celebrity was invented in America. F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Great Gatsby" is full of magazine spreads of tennis players and socialites, popular song lyrics, movie stars, paparazzi, gangsters and sports scandals - machine-made by technology, advertising and public relations.
I'd rather drink from a leak than from a tap.
There may come a point when the bus will have to throw itself under the bus.
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