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TOM FRANK reveals the three-decade scheme to raise tuition, bankrupt generations, and hypnotize the media. Tom writes for Salon.com.
Plus: RICKY JAY is one of the world’s great sleight-of-hand artists, distinguished by the remarkable variety of his accomplishments as an author, actor, and historian. In Jay’s Journal of Anomalies he describes some of his favorite strange entertainments through the ages.
Also: What are your 54 favorite films? We’ll ask KENNETH TURAN, film critic for the LA Times—his new book is Not to be Missed: 54 Favorites from a Lifetime of Film. We’ll talk about “Kiss Me Deadly,” “Touch of Evil,” “Vertigo” — and Lars Von Trier’s “Five Obstructions.”
