Word: sophomoricism
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¶ John D. Lofton Jr., 33, the former editor of the Republican weekly newsletter Monday. The transition from party polemicist to political columnist has not been easy for Lofton, who seems happier attacking personalities than discussing issues. His columns, carried by some 60 papers, occasionally amount to sophomoric japes. In...
If the starlet did go inside to see the film, she would have found that Anderson the director reveals as much of his dour, sardonic Scots heritage as Anderson the man does. O Lucky Man!, now on view across the U.S. (TIME, June 18), presents the audience with visions of...
The two biggest literary splashes of the month are likely to follow the launching of two long-awaited novels by Kurt Vonnegut and Philip Roth. Both are to be published in mid-May. In other ways, too, they seem to be matched and curiously revealing pieces of American fiction (see...
Third, the bullhorn authoritarianism and semi-tough sophomoric qualities of Dan Steiner as surrogate coach (representing the inhuman and brutal attitudes of Dave "the Animal" Davis) are too much for a man who cries when an undergraduate receives a C-. I especially resented the scornful rejection of my request to...
The show was quickly picked up by WEEK, a CBS affiliate, and a syndicated version is now heard on more than 50 stations across the U.S. Deluged with up to 20,000 calls a night, the three superfans attack what they call the "hidden injuries of class" by blasting everyone...