It takes a Joseph Heller or a Jonathan Swift to capture the craziness of the NRA.
Tag Archives: Joseph Heller
Only Comic Satire Can Do NRA Justice
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Mitt Minderbinder, Cynicism Unlimited
Mitt Romney would find a kindred soul in Joseph Heller’s cynical entrepreneur Milo Minderbinder.
Steinbeck on Why the Rich Are Unhappy
Steinbeck and the Beowulf poet both point out that piling up wealth does not lead to happiness.
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Catch-22, Election Edition
“Catch 22” captures a number of the contradictions in the 2012 election.
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Pakistan’s Secret Service as Minderbinder
The crazy logic of Milo Minderbinder in Joseph Heller’s “Catch 22” shows up in Pakistan’s Secret Service using funds donated by the U.S. to hire terrorists to attack the U.S. Embassy in Kabul.
