It is a sad day for this page in learning of the passing of Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. He was 84.
This page was turned on to Vonnegut's work over two decades ago by my good friend and fellow traveller Don at Revolutionary Moderation. Novels like Breakfast of Champions and short stories like Harrison Bergeron helped us to develop our critical thinking and our sense of humour by filtering American life through the filter of his extraordinary imagination, leaving what sifted through as the truth.
This page contends that if you scratch a Bill Maher, Jon Stewart, or Michael Moore, a little Vonnegut rubs off. Kurt Vonnegut was the 20th century's answer to Mark Twain, and the 21st century will be hard pressed to answer him.
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