History
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The Penguin Lessons: Steve Coogan is going sentimental and I like it
There’s a brand of British comedy that consists of a character humiliating themselves in amusing ways over and over. The original British version of Ricky…
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Let a Hundred Flowers Bloom: Just because it worked for Mao Zedong doesn’t mean it works for a modern corporation
You have to give it the old communists: They knew how to create a good slogan. Some of them are still in use today, and…
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Musical Innuendo
I like old showtunes because they’re joyful and uncomplicated. At least on the surface. After listening to them a few times, I pick up on…
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Anthroposophy
There are more than 1,000 Waldorf schools worldwide, and more than 2,000 Waldorf kindergartens. As a kid, I went to one of them and didn’t…
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Let Us Make You Fat
Being fat used to be something to aspire to. “It Is No Longer Necessary to Be Thin, Scrawny and Undeveloped.” Here are more ads from…