Daily Archives: November 22, 2007

100 Notable Books Of The Year

From the New York Times: Fiction & Poetry THE ABSTINENCE TEACHER. By Tom Perrotta. (St. Martin’s, $24.95.) In this new novel by the author of “Little Children,” a sex-ed teacher faces off against a church bent on ridding her town … Continue reading

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His L.A. Thank-You List

John Dickson writes: * I am thankful to live in a place where our City Council doesn’t squander time on local minutia and instead debates the seminal issues: Iraq, Darfur, global warming and, probably soon, the endangerment of the humphead … Continue reading

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After a teen girl falls victim to a Web hoax, angry neighbors take matters into their own hands

P.J. Hufstutter writes: DARDENNE PRAIRIE, MO. — For nearly a year, the families who live along Waterford Crystal Drive in this bedroom community northwest of St. Louis have kept the secret about the boy Megan Meier met last September on … Continue reading

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