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Next stop on FMs' search for the source of this puzzling fad: the Lampoon. FM consults with a former Lampoon editor. "Well, basically the Lampoon was founded by a bunch of Masons who believed in subverting the system. If you don't wear a three-tailed cap with bells, that can't be accomplished. So, yes, they are worn in the Lampoon." But the editor does not know where the sacred store of jester hats are kept in the Auburn St. castle. "Hell no, I can't even find the bathroom when I'm in there...
...each learned essay, she contends that the current academic fad of poststructuralism and its skepticism towards 'meta-narratives' have consciously blurred the distinction between the greatest tragedies and achievements of our civilization. The result is the moral obtuseness and intellectual numbness of many in the academy today, both faculty and students. Himmelfarb shows that postmodernism as an ideology is not at all an abstract debate about the virtues of decentering authors and questioning "modes of emplotment...
...this `country line dancing'--the fad that'ssweeping the nation?" Slaughter asked about aone-hour dancing lesson...
Counting on the Balanced Budget Amendment to truly reign in a Congress addicted to deficit spending is like expecting a fad diet book to control someone who eats uncontrollably. No amount of calorie-counting tips and clevergastronomic calculations will help--they ignore the cravings that underlie the problem. The budget, like a diet, is a question of will power. It will be tamed only when the American people muster the will power to deal with the sacrifices their goal demands...
Then there was Captain Lou. Not only could the man coach (undoubtedly the Red Aurebach of wrestling), but he was a fashion trendsetter. Sure the fad has passed, but I remember countless individuals with rubber bands on their beards. I think I'll name my first-born after...