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Walter Kirn

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September 30, 2013
Walter Kirn
Middle America Doesn't Care About Your Shutdown, Washington
August 9, 2013
Walter Kirn
This Is the Summer of Lovecraft
July 29, 2013
Walter Kirn
An Uncomfortably Close Reading of Weiner's Eye-Worm Selfies
July 11, 2013
Walter Kirn
Born in the ***
June 25, 2013
Walter Kirn
Cinema of the Unknown Soldier
How war movies got small
June 17, 2013
Walter Kirn
Getting Over It
June 12, 2013
Walter Kirn
Why Edward Snowden Wins on Twitter
May 1, 2013
Walter Kirn
The Marriageable Men of Princeton
Invincible, a little bit drunk, and officially endorsed by a Princeton mom
February 22, 2013
Walter Kirn
Oscar Grouch
I’d like to thank the Academy for nothing
January 30, 2013
Walter Kirn
What Gun Owners Really Want
I’ve owned six guns. I’ve drawn them on bad guys. I want to be understood.
November 22, 2012
Walter Kirn
Thanksgiving Is All About Family Guilt
November 4, 2012
Walter Kirn
Buckeye Hate
October 19, 2012
Walter Kirn
Eddie Vedder’s Clint Eastwood Moment
October 5, 2012
Jonathan Cohn, Walter Kirn
Cohn & Kirn Debate the First Debate
September 19, 2012
Jonathan Cohn, Walter Kirn
Cohn & Kirn Debate the “Real Romney”
September 5, 2012
Walter Kirn
Slouching Towards Charlotte: The Alienating Spectacle That is the Democratic Convention
August 24, 2012
Walter Kirn
Clash of the Archetypes
August 2, 2012
Amanda Fortini, Walter Kirn
The Gathering
July 13, 2012
Walter Kirn
Confessions of an Ex-Mormon
A personal history of America’s most misunderstood religion.
June 23, 2012
Walter Kirn
Suckerball

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