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1 online resource (385 pages) |
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Collection of the author's columns from the Philadelphia Daily News and Sunday Philadelphia Inquirer, 2002-2016. |
| Contents |
"Guest Opinion" -- America Offers Opportunity to Those Who Work --High Fidel-ity: Daily News Columnist Gets up Close and Personal with Castro -- A Politically Incorrect Extravaganza -- Kobe? He's Not One of Us -- Gay Numbers & 9/11 -- The Sins of the Father . . . and Mother -- That Apology? - It's Bunk -- Rebuild 'Em! -- Want Ratings? Bring Back the Beauty -- Conspiracy: The Okla. City-Sept. 11 Connection -- Suspensions: A Wake-Up Call for Parents -- C'mon Mr. President, Show Us the Evidence -- Two Good Reasons to Oppose Tort Reform -- I'll Miss the Merry Prankster -- Maureen Faulkner, Still on the Job -- One Voice for Katz -- Summer & Smoke: My Gay Epiphany -- Robbing Dr. Barnes' Grave -- Dreaming of a Non-White Christmas -- Tough Questions from Tough Guy on 9/11 Commission -- How to Get Quasimodo a Date -- A Brush with Greatness, Thanks to a Little Truancy and Some Connections -- Jim Beasley, the People's Lawyer -- Dreaming of a White (House) Christmas -- Cos Case: It's Kobe All over Again -- Air-Travel Screening Stupidity - Times 4 -- Postcard from Gladwyne -- Good with a Pen, as Well as a Football -- Small Gesture for a Real American Hero -- Duke Case: Revenge of the Nerds -- Setting the Record Straight -- A Dog Named Winston -- Roger Waters: The Pinko in Floyd -- The Garden of Eternal Vigilance -- Manhunt for Osama Dropping on U.S. Agenda? -- Should Free Speech Allow Holocaust Denial -- Guilty as Charged: I Don't Support Imus' Firing -- The War Comes Home -- Unexpected Memorial Day Lesson from Decorated Marine -- The World According to Bruno -- An Immigrant's Dream Still Means Something -- Proof a Son's Head Is Far from Dismal Adult Events -- A Navy SEAL's Gut-Wrenching Tale of Survival -- "Anti-Semitic" Label Curbs Talk About Israel -- The Face of Sept. 11, 2001 -- How Rush Became the King of Talk -- Why Rudy Wasn't in Iowa on Tuesday -- Specter Practices - and Endorses - Civility -- Mr. Chrome Dome Gets Fuzzy -- Obama Sees Route to Righteousness -- How I Got the Bird -- Russert-Brand Discourse vs. Cable Carnival Shoutfest -- Requiem for an Era -- McCain Fails the Big Five Tests -- Their Stanley Cup Runneth Over -- My Dinner with Pervez -- Jack Kemp's Winning Game Plan -- Checking in With Smokin' Joe to Thank Him for His Dignity -- 1-800-Political-Venom -- Sorry, But for Me, the Party Is Over -- Yard Sale 101 -- The Power of Pin Money -- Farewell, My DN Friends -- Investment Giant on Living Well - and Madoff -- A Lesson in Gumption, and Its Rewards -- Can You Imagine How Christie's Son Feels? -- "Mormon Issue" Still Handicaps Romney -- 9/11 Generation Is Highlight of Speeches -- It's Time to Break the Mold on Talk Radio -- Lessons from the Cheap Seats -- Bursting a Class Bubble -- A Shattered Spirit -- Warren's Shaky History -- Zeppelin Communication Breakdown -- The Teacher Who Opened a Mind -- Unpaid but Richly Rewarding -- Pennsbury Grad Makes a Splash in D.C. -- Nightmare on Health Site -- Secret Facet of Westboro Case -- SATs Don't Always Mark a Successful Path -- Worthy Subject of Protest May Target Workers -- Mystery Tip that Broke Sandusky Case -- Recalling Gary Hart, Debating News Policy -- Overreaction in C.B. West Hazing Case -- Cat Stevens' Politics -- Go Old School on Drinking? -- My Dinner with Roger Stone -- Family Farmer Whose Labors Never End -- A Subject's Portrait of the Artist -- Take Note, Candidates, of Reagan's Words -- In Philly, Sinatra and Sid Mark Play on -- Trump's Candidacy Is Right out of Seinfeld -- A Must in Life: Try, Try Again -- My Heimlich Maneuvering -- The Right Spot for the Rizzo Statue? Right Where It Is -- Civility Wins if "Comments" Unplugged -- Yeah, Yeah, Yeah: Larry Kane, Fab Historian -- Births to Illnesses, Our Life with Grace -- Trump Not My Fan, but Quite a Loyal Follower -- A Changing of the Guard in Gladwyne -- In 2017, Getting to Know the Other Half. |
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Description based on print version record. |
| Subject |
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Axelrod, David, 1955- writer of foreword.
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Print version: Smerconish, Michael A. Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right : American life in columns. Philadelphia ; Rome ; Tokyo : Temple University Press, c2018 385 pages 9781439916353 (DLC) 2018013014 |
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9781439916353 |
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9781439916377 (electronic bk.) |
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