document.writeln('<div class="lefttitle">&nbsp;What\'s New</div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/films/Rushmore.html">Rushmore (1998)</a>. Wes Anderson\'s breakthrough movie paved the way for <i>The Royal Tenenbaums</i>.</div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/films/royal_tenenbaums.html">The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)</a>. Love it or hate it, this is a movie where you see more the second time around.</div>')


document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/books/JD_Salinger_InMemoriam.html">J.D. Salinger – In Memoriam</a></div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/books/Inherent_Vice.html">Pynchon\'s Inherent Vice: Pynchon for the Masses</a>&nbsp;<br>A funny, nostalgic surprise for Pynchon fans everywhere.</div>')


document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/books/GravitysRainbow.html">Pynchon\'s Gravity\'s Rainbow: The V-2 Rocket Cartel as Multinational Corporate Conspiracy</a>&nbsp;At its center, Pynchon\'s great novel shows us the nature of corporate power during World War II.</div>')



document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/books/Island_Centre_World.html">Review: The Island at the Centre of the World: The Untold Story of the Founding of New York</a>&nbsp;The Dutch impact on New York (New Amsterdam) was much greater than you think.</div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/books/nixonland.html">Review: Nixonland</a>&nbsp;Colorful, electric chronicle of the political history of 1964-72, and the Nixonian comeback (and repression).</div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/satires/PoliticalSatire/rulesgreatnation.html">Rules by Which a Great Nation Can Be Turned Into a Small One</a> by Thomas M. Garrett, Ph.D.</div>')
document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/news/2009_financial_headlines.html">Top 20 Financial Headlines of 2009</a></div>')
document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/books/tyrannicide_novel.html">Review: Tyrannicide: The Novel</a><br>A comedy depicting the second American revolution.</div>')
document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/satires/PoliticalSatire/ConspiracyTheoryTest.html">Are You a Conspiracy Theorist?</a><br> Take the Test.</div>')


document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/poems/St_Nicholas_Letter_to_TaxInspector.html">Letter from Saint Nicholas to the Tax Inspector</a></div>')


document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/essays/Learning_Dutch.html">Learning Dutch</a><br>One man\'s fledgling efforts to master the Dutch tongue.</div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/satires/LostGeniuses/DutchArchitect.html">Hans Donkerzijde and His Amsterdam Portal</a> The story of the most illustrious failure of golden age Dutch architecture.</div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/satires/Disney/DisneyDavid.html">Disney\'s <i>King David</i>.</a> Disney bravely depicts Old Testament sex and violence.</div>')

//document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/films/Fargo.html">Fargo</a>. Yes, it is brilliant, but why do people love this movie so much?</div>')




//document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/essays/LetterToRepublicans.html">Letter To Republicans: Why You Should Not Vote for George W. Bush.</a></div>') 






/*document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/films/CitizenKane.html">Film Review: <em>Citizen Kane</em></a>.  Orson Welles\' classic satire about Hearst and media sensationalism. </div>')


document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/films/CanadianBacon.html">Film Review: <em>Canadian Bacon</em></a>.  Michael Moore\'s 1995 comedy about a wag-the-dog war against Canada rings true today.</div>')



document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/films/KillBill2.html">Film Review: <em>Kill Bill, Vol.&nbsp;2</em></a>. More pulp fiction from Tarantino. </div>')*/

/*document.writeln('<div class="title"><a href="/news/News_May_2004.html">May 2004 News</a></div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/news/News_May_2004.html#may1">9/11 Commission is Fair and Honest</a></div>')
document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/news/News_May_2004.html#may2">US Denies that Mililtary Draft is in the Works</a></div>')
document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/news/News_May_2004.html#may3">US Military Considers Plans for Invading The Netherlands</a></div>')
document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/news/News_May_2004.html#may4">Prostitutes Win $4.3 Million Suit Against Screenwriter\'s Guild</a></div>')

document.writeln('<div class="title"><a href="/news/News2004-04.html">April 2004 News</a></div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/news/News2004-04.html">Election 2004: Bush Still Deciding On Percentage He Should Win Election By</a></div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/news/News2004-04.html">9/11 Commission: Cheney May Hold Bush’s Hand During Testimony</a></div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/news/News2004-04.html">Michael Moore Fears Death in Plane Crash</a></div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/news/News2004-04.html">"Shred of Decency" Discovered in Clinton’s Boyhood Home</a></div>')

document.writeln('<div class="title"><a href="/essays">Essays</a></div>')*/

/*document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/essays/EndangeredEnglish.html">Endangered English - The Lost Art of Grammar</a>. College students can\'t write decent English anymore. <br><em>April, 2004</em></div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/films/bobroberts.html">Film Review: <em>Bob Roberts</em> (1992)</a>. Tim Robbins\' ruthless satire of American politics.<br><em>January, 2004</em></div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/films/Killbill.html">Film Review: <em>Kill Bill: Vol.&nbsp;1</em> (2003)</a>. Quentin Tarantino pushes the envelope of violence still further.<br><em>January, 2004</em></div>')*/

document.writeln('<div class="title"><a href="/satires/ImaginaryBooks/Pynchon_Dys.html">Imaginary Book Reviews</a></div>')
document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/satires/ImaginaryBooks/Pynchon_Dys.html">Pynchon\'s Dys</a>. Thomas Pynchon\'s not so futuristic dystopia. <!--<br><i>September, 2003</i>--></div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2"><a href="/satires/ImaginaryBooks/Irving_Third_Leg.html">Imaginary Book Review: <em>The Third Leg</em></a>.  John Irving\'s latest novel recycles the same old Irving themes. </div>')

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document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2">Pynchon\'s <a href="/books/Vineland.html">Vineland</a>. The War on Drugs and the Coming Police-State. <!--<br><i>September, 2003</i>--></div>')

document.writeln('<div class="dirlist2">Pynchon\'s <a href="/books/TheCryingOfLot49.html">The Crying Of Lot 49</a>. Thomas Pynchon\'s short satire of the distortion of communication. <!--<i>September, 2003</i>--></div>')

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