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By Molly Ivins, Nova Audiobooks/Brilliance Corp., approximately 5 hours, abridged, $24.95. Read by the author.

Until President Clinton’s endorsement of welfare reform, liberal Texas columnist Molly Ivins admired the Clinton administration. Since then, says Ivins in this witty, probing collection of columns, she has learned to monitor the administration with wariness. Other columns cover subjects such as religious tolerance and last year’s suicide of her friend, author Michael Dorris.