I Taught Myself Russian, Which Was Very,

What Is Camille Paglia Doing, Writing That An Actress As Gifted As Anne Heche Has The Mental Depth Of A Pancake? How Many Pancake Brains Could Do What Heche Did With David Mamet's Dialogue In Wag The Dog? No Doubt Heche Has Been Stuck With A Few Bad Gigs, But Paglia, Of All People, Must Be Well Aware That Being An Actress Is Not The Same Safe Ride As Being The Tenured University Professor Of Humanities And Media Studies At The University Of The Arts In Philadelphia.

If We Want A Book To Do More Than What It Does, That's A Condemnation. If We Want It To Do More Of What It Does, That's An Endorsement.

Television Is Simultaneously Blamed, Often By The Same People, For Worsening The World And For Being Powerless To Change It.

The Rattle Of Plastic Keys Reminds Me Of A Squadron Of Butterflies Failing To Fight Their Way Out Of A Paper Bag.

"nationwide" Featured An Amazing Collection Of Apprentice Impersonators. From All Over Britain, Schoolchildren Materialised Via Local Studios To Give Us Their Imitations Of The Mighty. There Were At Least Three Uncannily Accurate Margaret Thatchers, Their Eyelids Fatigued With Condescension And Their Voices Swooping And Whining Like Dive-bombers.