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With All Disrespect: More Uncivil Liberties
With All Disrespect More Uncivil Liberties Author:Calvin Trillin In this wonderful new collection pieces from his column in The Nation, Calvin Trillin proves that he can tackle the big issues, like "Deity Overload"--the potential result of too many appeals to the Almighty--or the danger of having a President who just may think that Polaris is a denture cleanser, as easily as smaller p... more »roblems, such as living with a wife that tampers with the scales. He admits his own failings, too, including the fact he once tried to run down his fellow columnist Russell Baker with a bicycle. He even explains why he continues to write for an editor who pays poorly and probably lies about his high school basketball accomplishment. " The Nation," he says, it the closest magazine to my house." This is just the sort of commitment one would expect from a political columnist who can say without shame that his most deeply held conviction is "Whoever is in power is exceedingly silly."
And this is just the sort of insight one would expect from the man who writes« less