Malcolm, Malcolm – Semper Malcolm*
Sean MurphyOn Feb. 21, 1965, former Black Muslim leader Malcolm X was shot and killed by assassins identified as Black Muslims as he was about to address a rally in New…
2012: When Rhetoric Meets Reality (Revisited)
I read the news today. Oh boy. Looks like one of the worst-kept secrets in the industry is beginning to spring a rather unseemly leak. Sounds like art may have…
Some Day A Real Rain Will Come: What Travis Bickle Can –And Cannot– Tell Us About Tucson (Revisited)
Voices In Our Heads You talking to me? It is the pivotal scene in Scorsese’s Taxi Driver and it remains one of the seminal moments in movie history. Not so…
Goodbye and Good Riddance, Joe Lieberman
Waaay back in November 2008 I put my feelings about Joe Lieberman on the permanent record. In a post entitled File Under: Teflon Joe (formerly filed under: Are You Fucking…
Born In The U.S.A. or, Every Day Is Veterans Day (Revisited)
I. Personal Remember when Born in the U.S.A. was ubiquitous? The album and the song. Bruce was already big, but he wasn’t over the top. Born in the U.S.A. put…
It’s (Still) Not Only About Obama…Still
Obama is, and always was, a work in progress. Like any president. Like any politician. Like any person. And he has earned the chance, with the assistance of an invigorated…
Why Bother?
Pivoting --and plagiarizing-- from earlier sentiment expressed in greater detail HERE, HERE and HERE, this is my succinct .02 on what's at stake and a final shout-out for any of my undecided…
Technology and Politics: The New Calculus of Campaigning, Part Five
Election 2012: What We Will See Boiled down to key words and concepts, there are a handful that should figure prominently as we head into 2012. The first, oft-mentioned word…
Technology and Politics: The New Calculus of Campaigning, Part Four
Facebook and Twitter: The Once and Future Kingmakers The younger generation, in addition to literally growing up alongside all these recent technological advances, understands that our world is increasingly a…
Technology and Politics: The New Calculus of Campaigning, Part Three
Citizen Journalism The previously mentioned “macaca” episode has historic import above and beyond the already noteworthy role it played in George Allen’s defeat. The simple act of videotaping a candidate…