September 21, 2009

Columnists

The Anger Industry

WHY DO WE KEEP BUYING WHAT THEY'RE SELLING?

Melinda Henneberger

Mine was not one of those Catholic families that kept a photo of John F. Kennedy right next to the image of the Sacred Heart. In fact, family lore has it that my Republican grandmother, who died days after JFK was assassinated, declared on her deathbed that she was going to be seeing that young man soon and intended to set him straight on several matters. (And let's just say I (...)


 

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