You know, this picture has always killed me. It pretty much says everything that needs to be said about Creationism, the Religious Right, and the intelligence-insulting "debate" about teaching Intelligent…
mwine122: What do you make of this: mwine122: (from Chris Kraus' introductory essay from Pornocracy, the novel that is a companion piece to Catherine Breillat's film, Anatomy of Hell)…
From Andrew Sullivan's invaluable blog (TheDailyDish), comes the following (quoted from Roger Cohen's typically sane and salient perspective--this one, here is must reading--via The New York Times): Of the 770 detainees…
Woolworths Goes Down: Last week Woolworths officially filed for bankruptcy If anything screams America, it's Woolworths. (K-mart too.) For me, the '70s mall scene is incomplete without Woolworths. And, of…
Therefore, in his other moods, symbolize whatever grand or gracious thing he will by whiteness, no man can deny that in its profoundest idealized significance it calls up a peculiar…
Beethoven again. It seems impossible to believe that Daniel Barenboim is only 66 years old. It feels like he has been around forever. Possibly it's because the music he plays--the…
Re. Palin's latest: Are you kidding me? There are so many levels to this, it's impossible to even begin. You could make a career out of this one clip (literally--Palin…
Really no commentary necessary. Jimi Hendrix. Vernon Reid. Enough said. I'm smart enough to just get out of the way and enjoy.
Do you remember Sudden Impact? Me either. Actually, that's not quite accurate: it was on HBO circa 1984 which is around the time my family got it's first VCR. Actually…
The rumors of Joe Lieberman's death have been greatly exaggerated. Damn. Personally, I wanted them to call this guy. Joe Lieberman didn't need to be ignored, or voted out, or…
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