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It Is Possible To Read The History Of This Country As One Long Struggle To Extend The Liberties Established In Our Constitution To Everyone In America.

It Is Quite Reasonable To Subscribe Both To The Old Saw That No Good Girl Was Ever Ruined By A Book And To The Perception That It Is Not Good For Children To Be Constantly Exposed To The Sexual Violence In Our Popular Culture. Protecting Children Seems To Me Logically, Legally, And Rather Easily Differentiated From Censorship.

Satire Is Traditionally The Weapon Of The Powerless Against The Powerful.

The Recent Death Of Gene Mccarthy Reminded Me Of A Lesson I Spent A Long, Long Time Unlearning, So Now I Have To Re-learn It. It's About Political Courage And Heroes, And When A Country Is Desperate For Leadership. There Are Times When Regular Politics Will Not Do, And This Is One Of Those Times.

On A Personal Note: I Have Contracted An Outstanding Case Of Breast Cancer, From Which I Intend To Recover. I Don't Need Get-well Cards, But I Would Like The Beloved Women Readers To Do Something For Me: Go. Get. The. Damn. Mammogram. Done.