Oh, but it's summer, and it's getting hot in here! We are all trying to take vacations to escape the heat, even if they are only mental ones. Speaking of mental, check out the National Geographic special (shameless plug by the author). In the "What the hell I did on the summer vacation I didn't have" department, we have a little number we like to call Chick Filet Machine. As promised, we have a section entirely devoted to freedom of expression commentary, as well as links to related subjects found elsewhere on the Net. I can tell you that the collective temperature of a.m.nin hit about 115 degrees over the accusations of lyrical impropriety leveled by Senator Robert Dole (among others). The responses to the Village Voice article -- that reached new lows in insensitivity, linking Oklahoma bomber Tim McVeigh to nine inch nails -- are also contained herein.
Also new to this issue is our little survey. Please help us out here, gang. We would really like to know how you found out about us. Tell us what you think, or if you would like to see any new sections included. We are always open to suggestions, 'cause this is your magazine too, y'know!
Oh yeah...please make your publisher a happy penguin. E-mail me and tell me that you read this.
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Lisa Livingston
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