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Fast Forward From George Carlin To Bari Weiss: What Are The New ‘Seven Dirty Words?’
New York Times opinion writer and editor Bari Weiss is coming out with a book, as reported by CNN’s Reliable Sources. The oft-controversial Jewish columnist will publish “The New Seven Dirty Words” with Holt in winter 2020. The book appears based on a discussion she gave at the Chautauqua Institution in July, with the same…
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