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...more, including a link to an excerpt of the book!, after the jump...
...sure why it took this long to produce a follow-up that's 16 pages shorter, nor what the criteria were for choosing the new target. Still, we're curious to see how the pamphlet does. The official press release, book blurb, and excerpt all emphasize Edwart’s “zero interest in girls." (The insinuation, we think, is that he may be a homosexual...
...This excerpt from Niall Ferguson's recent PBS documentary series, "The War of the World," without a doubt snatches the Number 1 spot. The other professors are not half as photogenic, nor do their trailers have half as many explosions (which is really the important part for FlyBy...
...catch the prevailing tone of irony and laugh at himself, has left the comics with little to hang their punch lines on. The best Jay Leno could do during the campaign was to poke fun at Obama's mediocre bowling skills. That went into the gutter fast. (Read an excerpt from Richard Zoglin's book Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-Up in the 1970s Changed America...
Author Kurt Andersen's new book, Reset: How This Crisis Can Restore Our Values and Renew America, examines the economic, political and cultural opportunities to be found in the wake of the financial crises. In this excerpt, the fifth of five pieces to appear on TIME.com, he urges America to keep its edge, even as the recession fades...