April 23, 2009 News » Cover Feature

The Political Silly Season 

Of Coon Suppers, Dutch Treats, and Tea Parties

by Jackson Baker and Chris Davis
The late literary sage Kurt Vonnegut once drew a distinction between what he called a "kerass," which he defined as a legitimate, even spontaneous and inevitable gathering of kindred souls, and a "granfalloon," a totally concocted and artificial commingling of people. Arguably,…

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