In The Tournament of Books, the book that we read has once again beaten the book that we didn’t, which makes us look much smarter than we are. Our NCAA brackets should look this good. If history is a guide, Home Land by Sam Lipsyte will easily crush that book we didn’t read in tomorrow’s round (our take on Home Land).

Our man on the inside, Roosevelt Franklin, passes along the news of a preliminary new study that finds that High Times does not appear to be “a gateway magazine to harder readings”. The White House Office of National Reading Control Policy disputes the findings:

We’ve all heard horror stories of young people not being able to put down Gravity’s Rainbow. Thanks to book kingpins like Barnes & Noble, more and more Americans—even kids—are gaining wider access to stronger, more potent reading material.

Speaking of High Times, I came across this sign by the side of the road on my way to Selma, Alabama this week:

Alabama Liquor