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A Presidential Explanation of Patriotic Loafing

The true and patriotic purpose of presidential loafing revealed.

Calvin Trillin

August 25, 2005

If terror changes what you’ve always done, Well, then, the terrorists have really won. Right now, when vicious terrorism’s rife, It’s vital to maintain a balanced life. So live your whole life now, not just a fraction– Unless, of course, you’ve just been killed in action.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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