Portnoy’s Revenge
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on June 14th, 2011 4:36 am by HL
Portnoy’s Revenge
Not long after Philip Roth published Portnoy’s Complaint, Jacqueline Susann went on the Johnny Carson show. Susann, we remember, had become famous for her pulp novel Valley of the Dolls, which triangulated, in what seemed an all-American way, ambition, sex…
Bernie Sanders Tries Some Clear Thinking on Prescription Drugs
Drugs are cheap. There are few drugs that would sell for more than $5-$10 a prescription in a free market. However, many drugs in the United States sell for hundreds of dollars per prescription and, sometimes, several thousand dollars…