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Great Moments in Literary Criticism: Kid Lit Edition

Jesse Walker | 9.13.2004 6:37 PM

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Is Richard Nixon obscene?

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Jesse Walker is books editor at Reason and the author of Rebels on the Air and The United States of Paranoia.

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  1. thoreau   22 years ago

    Almost as bad as the DC staffer fired several years ago for saying "niggardly."

  2. s.a.m.   22 years ago

    Is Richard Nixon obscene?

    Can't say for sure, but logging into the LAT sure is!

  3. Sandy   22 years ago

    Step 1: Stop using Internet Explorer
    Step 2: Download Firefox from mozilla.org
    Step 3: Select Tools->Extensions
    Step 4: Click "Get More Extensions"
    Step 5: Find "BugMeNot"
    Step 6: Install BugMeNot
    Step 7: Relaunch Firefox

    Step 8: Never worry about passwords on a free registration required site again.

  4. bushie   22 years ago

    BugMeNot.com

  5. grylliade   22 years ago

    Step 1: Stop using Internet Explorer
    Step 2: Download Firefox from mozilla.org
    Step 3: Select Tools->Extensions
    Step 4: Click "Get More Extensions"
    Step 5: Find "BugMeNot"
    Step 6: Install BugMeNot
    Step 7: Relaunch Firefox

    Step 8: Never worry about passwords on a free registration required site again.

    Except that the bugmenot extension won't install in Firefox for me for some reason . . .

  6. Sandy   22 years ago

    Except that the bugmenot extension won't install in Firefox for me for some reason . . .

    You can always use the online tool linked in the post above yours.

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