Incorrect Thoughts: Notes on Our Wayward Culture

A volume of political essays and social commentary, providing an alternative to the slant of much political journalism. John Leo offers his views of what is going on in law, education, advertising, television, the news media, language and various liberation movements in the USA.

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Incorrect Thoughts: Notes on Our Wayward Culture

A volume of political essays and social commentary, providing an alternative to the slant of much political journalism. John Leo offers his views of what is going on in law, education, advertising, television, the news media, language and various liberation movements in the USA.

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Incorrect Thoughts: Notes on Our Wayward Culture

Incorrect Thoughts: Notes on Our Wayward Culture

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A volume of political essays and social commentary, providing an alternative to the slant of much political journalism. John Leo offers his views of what is going on in law, education, advertising, television, the news media, language and various liberation movements in the USA.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781351326384
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 01/16/2018
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 267
File size: 648 KB

About the Author

John Leo

Table of Contents

1: Media; T his column almost matters; S cotch the ads? absolut-ly; P rime-time “gotcha” journalism; Why ruin a good story?; More guests who guess; B oyz to (marlboro) men; The selling of rebellion; Nothing but the truth?; T he joys of covering press releases; M edia bites self; A quiz for media mavens; A lovely day for a haranguing; 2: Education; True lies vs. total recall; Don’t get hysterical; D umbing down teachers; Let’s lower our self-esteem; Sorry about that 1992 report, we misspoke; That so-called pythagoras; Let’s attack merit!; Don’t listen to miranda; Good hair, bad cake; Separate and unequal; illing off the liberals; Hey, we’re no. 19!; Shakespeare vs. spiderman; Expel georgie porgie now!; Empty college syndrome; N o takeovers. please; The answer is 45 cents; how the west was lost at yale; Miss piggy was a smarter choice; Cop-killer and commencement speaker; Bold words for a new generation; Mainstreaming deviance; A ffirmative action history; N o books, please; we’re students; L et’s lower the bar; R eady for betty the yeti?; T ongue-tied by authority; 3: Family and Gender; Mars to venus: back off; Marriage bashing à la mode; B oy, girl, boy; P arenting without a care; T he joy of sexual values; P romoting no-dad families; D evaluing the family; T hings that go bump in the home; Defending the indefensible; Fairness? promises, promises; 4: R ace and M inorities; A dubious diversity report; A waspish, niggardly slur; J elly bean: the sequel; T he oppression sweepstakes; A sunny side on race; F eel abused? get in line; W ar against warriors; A second look at lani guinier; T he junking of history; O ur addiction to bad news; Y ou are what you eat; L et’s not call it a quota; 5: P olitics and L aw; A void ‘climate” control; W hen i was bill’s guy; W hat rhymes with carter?; The shrine at yorba linda; a fable: “pro-choice” in 1860; I n the matter of the court vs. us; I t’s a tort world after all; S teamrolled and bulldozed; C hanging the rules of a deadly game; P laying any reindeer games?; Are protesters racketeers?; W hen judges feel romantic; J udges 1, people 0; B ust those candy cane felons; P raying for sanity in schools; A man’s got a right to rights; 6: C ulture and L anguage; O f famine and green beer; The two sinatras; T he official column of champions; C heers, circa 1968; G unning for hollywood; H old the chocolate; A tower of pomobabble; h ow to be a rich genius; N obel prize for fiction?; H ow ‘bout those clichés?; Repackaging the perps; O pinions were expressed; L anguage in the dumps; C lose the envelope, please; O ur kinder, gentler army; I n the key of f; O h, no, canada!; T his column is mostly true; T he leading cultural polluter; The private parts of don imus; S elling the child-woman; D ecadence, the corporate way; 7: S ociety and S ocial B ehavior; T hank you for not smoking; D oing the disorder rag; M ay the feel be with you; M y sobbing valentine; Life among the cyberfolk; D amn, i’m good!; W e’re all number 1; M ainstreaming’s “jimmy problem”; T he “new primitives”; C hortle while you work; T hou shalt not command; T he unmaking of civic culture; W hen stability was all the rage; T he price is wrong
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