Posted in books, politics, war on Aug 16th, 2008 1 Comment »
From Openleft, video via Talking Points Memo:
Last night saw one of the most amazing programs in the history of Bill Moyers Journal. Really, one of most amazing programs Moyers has done, period, in all his years on television. His guest for the hour was Andrew J. Bacevich, a West Point graduate, […]
To recap (nerd out on) this years musical listening experience, rather than blab about what albums got the most attention, I thought I’d do something a little different and blab about a select group of songs. Each of these I’d liken to that Seinfeld moment where Elaine’s boyfriend shushes her when “Desperado” comes on, […]
Posted in books, fear, politics, war on Nov 3rd, 2007 1 Comment »
A notable new book in the seemingly endless stream of socio-political-foreign-policy fair is Susan Faludi’s “The Terror Dream: Fear and Fantasy in Post-9/11 America”. She offers up a unique (some calling feminist) perspective which casts the roles of gender and myth into our current national climate of fear and paranoia.
From Truthdig:
“The enemy that […]