25 years ago in reason.

• Position: Citings

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"French fashion designer Pierre Cardin has signed a contract to make designer clothing for a nation of gray-collar workers. 'It is my dream to dress all 280 million Soviets,' gushes Cardin. Could 7-115 be far behind?"

--Mark Edward Crane, "Brickbats"

"Neocons cease to be amusing when they leave their ivory towers and start wielding political power. Voluntary exiles from the real America (rarely is one sighted outside the New York-Washington-Boston axis), these intellectual heirs to FDR are determined to use your tax dollars to fund the further adventures of Uncle Sam, the bloody-nosed world policeman. Thankfully, the American people have too...