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Jeff Daniels: “Unplugged” gets new urgency

Posted on December 3, 2008 by admin

By Joel Thurtell Censorship wears many guises. Sometimes, it masquerades as a beneficent desire to save a writer from his or her own poor judgment. So it happened that Mark Twain long ago submitted his work to his wife for … Continue reading →

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Sales soar once readers get wind of book

Posted on December 1, 2008 by admin

As far as I know, the taboo word “fart” appeared in the Detroit Free Press for the first time in this story I wrote for the January 24, 1992 Freep. I’m re-running this article, with permission from the Free Press, … Continue reading →

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Huntin fer Osamy

Posted on July 22, 2008 by admin

By Luke Warm Guest Writer [donation] Hey! Did I say Obama, nutcase? Negatory, good buddy. I did not. I done writ OSAMY. As in Al Qaidee. I’m not no John McCain, see, tryin to get our next Chief Executative assasserated … Continue reading →

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Spiking the Super Bowl pizza

Posted on February 3, 2008 by admin

I’m no sports writer, so it was neat to think my byline would appear over a Super Bowl story. What a drag that my first-ever Super Bowl piece failed to meet the exacting publication standards of the Detroit Free Press. … Continue reading →

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