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CHRISTIAN BIGOTRY: Jack Cluth / “Bigot-fil-A”
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IN MEMORIAM: Mr Fish / “Rest in Peace, Dear Gore”
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PLUTOCRACY: “What Happens When ‘Schoolhouse Rock’ Goes Horribly Wrong”
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ACERBIC WIT: Gore Vidal / “Americans, Your Lack of Education is the Joke of the World.”
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IN MEMORIAM: Gore Vidal / “Gore Vidal, American Writer And Cultural Critic, Dies” / (AUDIO)
Gore Vidal came from a generation of novelists whose fiction gave them a political platform. Norman Mailer ran for mayor of New York City; Kurt Vonnegut became an anti-war spokesman. And Vidal was an all-around critic. His novels sometimes infuriated readers with unflattering portraits of American history.
He also wrote essays and screenplays, and his play The Best Man currently has a revival on Broadway.
Vidal died Tuesday at his home in the Hollywood Hills, from complications of pneumonia. He was 86 years old.
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- Hail and Farewell, Gore Vidal (truthdig.com)
- Gore Vidal: Born-again atheist (examiner.com)
- Gore Vidal Remembered: 2003 Interview With Late Iconoclastic Writer & Longtime Critic of U.S. Empire (democracynow.org)
- Democracy Now! Shows Featuring Gore Vidal (democracynow.org)
- Gore Vidal and His Reading List for America (billmoyers.com)
- Gore Vidal in ‘The Nation’ (thenation.com)
POLITICS: “Dear Republicans”
LOGIC: Cult of Dusty / “If I Was President”
MARRIAGE EQUALITY: Thomas M. Menino / “Boston Mayor’s Letter to Chick-fil-A”
REASON: Thom Hartmann / “Why Would Anyone Proudly Call Themselves a Conservative?”
ACTIVISM: Story of Stuff Project / “The Story of Change”
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