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His new off-Broadway work, Pounding Nails in the Floor with My Forehead -- the title evokes his hyperthyroid style -- is a midlife lament. It begins with a radio host musing over whether America was really better and happier in the '50s than today, or merely more self-deceiving. It ends...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Solo Savagery | 2/14/1994 | See Source »

Lately, of course, this playful disdain for California has been tempered by sympathy. Mother Nature has dealt the state a series of blows, and Americans who always looked with contempt on the flaky, arrogant attitude of Californians have paused to shake their heads slowly and feel sorry for the "spaceheads...

Author: By Jay Kim, | Title: Alive and Well in California | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

So, has California gone from being the arrogant, too-big-for-his britches son to the weakling in need of care and nurturing? Not so fast. As one who has lived in California all my life, I have been somewhat amused by the recent outpouring of sympathy for my home...

Author: By Jay Kim, | Title: Alive and Well in California | 2/3/1994 | See Source »

Mayo's main objection to Council member Tom E. Woods' selection--the United Daughters of the Confederacy--was much loftier. Dredging up the whole Confederate flag ordeal, Mayo suggests that these ladies exist to offend the likes of Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, rather than to preserve Southern culture. Mayo responds...

Author: By Kelly M. Bowdren, | Title: With Friends Like These ... | 12/8/1993 | See Source »

And our last victor, the United Daughters of the Confederacy, suffered the criticism of Illinois Senator Carol Moseley-Braun, who, as the first Black female senator ever, clearly represents those "arrogant elites." Moseley-Braun wanted the UDC to get rid of the Confederate Flag on their emblem. Fight on, Daughters...

Author: By Michael K. Mayo, | Title: Here She Comes, Miss Peninsula | 12/4/1993 | See Source »

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