Letters to the Editor 9-30

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Letters to the Editor 9-30

[This past Tuesday marked the first time in its extensive history (going back to April) that The Sherman Oaks Review of Books failed to publish..

Essays

On Consciousness

Of the subjects addressed by both science and philosophy, it is consciousness that remains the most challenging and intractable. Questions regarding consciousness in all its..

Essays

Excerpt: Introduction to TOUGH TALK TO TODDLERS

[The following is excerpted from TOUGH TALK TO TODDLERS: Make Your Child a Winner Before Second Grade by Bud “Spike” Drucker (Rando House; 244 pp.;..

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Basket of Deplorables

[The following should be sung to the tune of “Pocketful of Miracles,” the definitive (and maybe only) version of which may be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxML1Kvl2Ow..

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The Opening Chapter of My New Novel

Call me Ishmael. Okay? You don’t know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but..

Reviews

From an Important International Collection

(Or, “What If the Vatican Sold Assets to Settle Pedophilia Lawsuits?”) 6 September 2016 LOT 644/SALE 8329 Fra Angelico (ca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d...

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THIS IS YOUR BOARDING PASS

By using this document, passenger (“you”) agrees to the following terms and conditions of Imperious Air (“Company”): SERVICE. Company agrees to transport your person to..

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The Tragedy of Donald I: Act I, Scene 1

(Trump Tower penthouse. Midnight. A tempest rages without. TRUMP, in monogrammed pajamas, monogrammed bath robe, and monogrammed slippers, drinks Yoo-Hoo from monogrammed mug and roams..

Essays

The Body Political: Presidents’ Pride in Their Persons

At a Republican presidential debate on March 4, 2016, Donald Trump, referring to rival Marco Rubio’s criticism of the size of Trump’s hands, held them..

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Trump to Scrap Cabinet, Start Over

The campaign of Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump has disclosed the candidate’s plan for revising the Cabinet of the President of the United States...

Author: Ellis Weiner