THE BAFFLER

~~!il~~~~W~~~!il~~~~!il~~~~ (1 SPRI G 2001 NUMBER 14 @ ~ TABLE OF CONTENTS ~ ~~ ASSES ~dJ ~ Baron Black, Bastard . . CLive Tbompson 9 ~ ~ Calling at the Butz Place . . Micbael Martone 15 ~ I. y.s, The Discreet Charm of the Neocons Earl Shorris 17 ~ J

I? ~ Because Spiro Told Me So.

~ True Crit .

@ Kristol Meth .

Chris Lehmann 23 .z... ~

Minou Roufail 85 ~

Joshua Glenn 104 .@

(" ~ HOLES IN THE GROUND

~ The God That Sucked .

~ Flying Bullets, Sinking Ships .

T. C. Frank 3 N

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John R. MacArthur 41 ~

I?_'t I Left My Security Deposit in San FrancÎsco . Martha Bridegam 63 .z...~ ~ To the Magical Memory of Rain . Leon Forrest 71 J.:;;;)' -:u. Doping the Audience . . Jonathan Rosenbaum 86 sz@ Death Travels West . Mike Newirth 96 .@ ~ PASTA MACHINES ~ ~ The Banality of Leisure . Karen Olsson 49 ~ I. y.s, Hea th er Christopher Sorrentino 57 ~ J I?_'t My Digital Hangover, and Ours . Sandy Zipp 64 .z...~ ~ Trouble in Toytown . . Matt Roth 91 J.:;;;)' ~ The Conceit They Couldn't Kill Kevin Mattson 106 ~ @ Telt it to the Temp. Paul Maliszewski 112 ~ ~ ORACLES ~ ~ Some Days in the City Mark McMorris 19 ~ I. y.s, Autograplteme Elizabeth Willis 29 ~ J

(1 The Ballad of Susan Smith

-:u. Mount Capon Comes to Bozo

@ Instantaneous .

Lee Ann Brown 46 @

. Michael Gizzi 77 sz-

David Hess U9 .@

(" ~ RED HATS

~ Mark Dancey .

~ Hunter Kennedy .

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~ Amy Abshier .

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~ Matt Brinkman .

@ Keith Herzik .

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~ Brian Chippendale . . . . . . . . . . . 2, 97-103 ~

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