The Rants

by Miller, Dennis; Rooney, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780385478045
• ISBN10: 0385478046
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1996-04-01
• Publisher: Doubleday

Summary

There's good news for those that rage at the evening news, shake their heads at Washington's business-as-usual, or watch as politicians carom from social crisis to political crisis to economic crisis: Dennis Miller is back, and he means to shake the nation by its lapels. Miller respects no boundaries. Whether the subject is dope-addled baseball players who can no longer swing their bats, do-nothing politicians who devote their careers to creating meaningful sound bites, or the nation's resigned acceptance of violence as a way of American life, these thematically arranged monologues are funny and angry. More significantly, they shatter the conventions of comedy by simultaneously making us laugh, think, and seethe.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. XI
Liberals--A Dying Breed?	p. 1
The Religious Right	p. 6
Our Legal System	p. 11
Sexual Harassment	p. 16
Is Intelligence a Liability?	p. 22
Inefficiency	p. 27
Victimless Crime	p. 33
Activism	p. 38
Funding for the Arts	p. 42
Violence	p. 46
Political Correctness	p. 50
Race	p. 56
Power	p. 62
Contemporary Sports	p. 67
Homeless	p. 74
Women in Hollywood	p. 80
Civility	p. 84
Criticism	p. 88
Infomercials	p. 92
What Women Want from Men	p. 97
Freedom of Speech	p. 102
Dysfunction	p. 107
Fame	p. 111
Where Is America Headed?	p. 116
Anger	p. 121
The Environment	p. 126
The O.J. Trial (6/30/95)	p. 132
What's Right with America	p. 138
Teen Pregnancy	p. 142
The Presidency	p. 147
What Men Want from Women	p. 152
Exercise	p. 157
Marriage	p. 162
Equality of the Sexes	p. 167
Air Travel	p. 170
America the Touchy	p. 175
James Stockdale (3/17/93)	p. 178
The GOP First Hundred Days (4/7/95)	p. 181
Pro Sports Strikes (12/23/94)	p. 186
Homosexuality	p. 190
Schadenfreude	p. 195
Parenting	p. 199
Tabloids	p. 204
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