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A recent New Yorker "Talk of the Town" item:…
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A recent New Yorker "Talk of the Town" item: Some earnest artists made a snowglobe that contains a tiny John Ashcroft and plays "White Christmas." It passed through many hands, and now it belongs to the Attorney General himself, who loves it. He thinks it's hilarious, and it is. Another thing that's funny: the artists are upset that he obviously, to them, doesn't get the political message of the piece.
I really wish John Ashcroft had different politics, because I'd love to hang out with him.
