March 2- 8, 2006

Editor's Letter by Duane Swierczynski

In Praise of Damned Fool Ideas
Brian Howard's cover story on engineer Steve Christini this week is an example of one of my favorite kinds of stories: the obsessive guy with a damned fool idea.

Loose Canon by Bruce Schimmel

Fool on the Tube
When President Richard Nixon, up to his ass in Vietnam, deadpanned, "Sock it to me," on Laugh In, it was disarming.

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Smart As We Wanna Be
I've heard my policy of teaching Lolita in an Introduction to Literature class at the Community College of Philadelphia described as "audacious," "over the top" and "bloody well ridiculous."
by Joshua Isard

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