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Can you make people laugh and make your point at the same time? Laura Pulfer's fans think so. The popular newspaper columnist and radio commentator has become well-known for the punches she does not pull. "My job is to get people to think about important political shenanigans and sex scandals of all kinds, not to mention crime, urban blight, the crisis in our public schools and bad movies". Unpredictable, sometimes a little over-the-top, Laura has become one of the most influential voices in her hometown through her award-winning column in the Cincinnati Enquirer. "I have seen Jerry Springer", she says, "go from a laughingstock to mayor to TV anchor back to laughingstock". Her commentaries on National Public Radio's Morning Edition have become a familiar voice of reason: "Baby Boomers are turning fifty. One every seven-and-a-half seconds for the next decade. I only wish I had the stewed-prune-and-bran concession". She's a feminist who quit work to stay home with her daughter, who graduated from a public school. "I want her to have a happy and productive life on her own terms, which I secretly want to be exactly like my own terms". Opinionated and disarmingly honest, she avoids "mov

Author

Laura Pulfer

Publisher

Orange Frazer Pr Inc

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9781882203246

Subjects

Computer Science, Literary Fiction, Memoir