From a WP chat with Henry Rollins:
Henry Rollins: If James Frey, a former drug addict made up some things in his book, anyone who would be surprised should maybe get a reality check. As far as books like that, if you liked it, got something from it, who cares if it’s true? If you have to watch Oprah Winfrey to get your reading list, you deserve any literary hardships that come your way. A lot of people prefer fantasy to the truth.
Paul Wall, black by culture, but not by design.
At a black church in Philadelphia, Martin Luther King Jr.’s niece joined Jerry Falwell and Rick Santorum to denounce critics of Samuel Alito.
He was once relevant, you are not.
Literacy of College Graduates Is on Decline
This reminds me vaguely of the material of the preface to Dorothy Sayers’ book “The Mind Of The Maker”. She deduces in the preface that most people are practically illiterate, because (among other things) they are incapable of distinguishing presentation of ideas by the author from the personal beliefs of the author.
truncate – v. 1. To shorten by or as if by cutting off. See Synonyms at shorten.
2. To shorten (a number) by dropping one or more digits after the decimal point.
