Day of Birth, Day of Mourning
June 25, 2017 · Today's Blogs, Jeremy Lott, Magazine
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Jeremy Lott is a journalist, author, and editor who has written for numerous publications across the political spectrum. He contributed occasional pieces to The Weekly Standard between 2001 and 2017, covering cultural and social topics. He is the author of several books, including 'In Defense of Hypocrisy' and 'The Warm Bucket Brigade.'
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THE NOVELIST JAMES ELLROY once described Joe Queenan as "half-Calvinist, half-nihilist." But, for most of the 1990s, the nihilist seemed predominant. From The Unkindest Cut to Confessions of a Cineplex Heckler, Queenan continued to double back on his own well-trodden steps, making a living by…
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