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...these days one must present the outward appearance of being distinctive and special, even eccentric, while pursuing the most hackneyed and conventional dreams of money, power and celebrity. Andrew O'Hehir at Salon, on how the very notion of rebellion has been coopted by Mountain-Dew, American-Idol consumerism.* Tod Gitlin at
The Chronicle of Higher Education discusses some new books that
inscrutably blame left-wing university professors for the rise of George Bush. Seriously. On the plus side, that was one thing they'd never been blamed for.
* Tom Wolfe
says I Am Charlotte Simmons wasn't actually set at Duke.
* And from the only-surprised-it-took-this-long department,
Mr. T is a getting a reality show.
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Gerry Canavan @ 8:42 AM
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