The Christian Paradox (Harpers.org)
This is only an excerpt, but worth some attention. It appears that America as a Christian nation suffers from the same inaccuracy as saying that America is an educated nation, and for many of the same reasons, e.g. that most Americans would really rather be told what to think, or would rather not think at all.
Thursday, July 28, 2005
Wednesday, July 27, 2005
Potter again
I've been doing nothing since the 6th Harry Potter book came out, outside of work, except read Harry Potter. I even watched Prisoner of Azkaban twice yesterday on cable (well, parts of it anyway). I suppose that, like last time, this transient obsession will wane (though, with a new movie coming out in November, that may not happen until sometime early in 2006). Currently, I'm re-reading the Goblet of Fire since I read that a lot of the book won't be in the November film.
On another note, anyone happening upon this blog who can tell me anything about the black kid in the Prisoner of Azkaban film who got the good lines ("like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands") while regular characters didn't, please drop me a line in the comments. Unless he's Boy 1 or Boy 2, I can't find him in the credits listed on imdb.com.
On another note, anyone happening upon this blog who can tell me anything about the black kid in the Prisoner of Azkaban film who got the good lines ("like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands") while regular characters didn't, please drop me a line in the comments. Unless he's Boy 1 or Boy 2, I can't find him in the credits listed on imdb.com.
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Whiskey Bar: The Liberal Disease
Whiskey Bar: The Liberal Disease
Billmon gets it just about right. It's an unfortunate truth that liberals and conservatives are not only not playing out of the same playbook, but that they're playing entirely different games.
Billmon gets it just about right. It's an unfortunate truth that liberals and conservatives are not only not playing out of the same playbook, but that they're playing entirely different games.
Tuesday, July 19, 2005
Rove Rage - The poverty of our current scandal. By Christopher Hitchens
Rove Rage - The poverty of our current scandal. By Christopher Hitchens
Don't read the above article unless you want to gag. There's nothing worse--nothing, not a reformed smoker, not a reformed alcoholic, not even a born-again Christian who won't stop witnessing after a life spent drugging and smoking--than a reformed Trotskyite.
Christopher Hitchens has gone from stark raving moonbat to something far worse: an abject apologist for the Bush administration. The article referenced above buys into all the admin talking points som much that I wonder if Rove has somehow managed to control Hitchens' scotch-addled mind.
Don't read the above article unless you want to gag. There's nothing worse--nothing, not a reformed smoker, not a reformed alcoholic, not even a born-again Christian who won't stop witnessing after a life spent drugging and smoking--than a reformed Trotskyite.
Christopher Hitchens has gone from stark raving moonbat to something far worse: an abject apologist for the Bush administration. The article referenced above buys into all the admin talking points som much that I wonder if Rove has somehow managed to control Hitchens' scotch-addled mind.
Monday, July 18, 2005
Fubbs
-- il mondo del Fubbs --
I hadn't been on this site in a while--since before I started blogging, in fact--and had forgotten how clever/cool the elements were.
I hadn't been on this site in a while--since before I started blogging, in fact--and had forgotten how clever/cool the elements were.
Potter
I spent yesterday afternoon and evening reading the new Harry Potter book, and almost managed to finish by 12:30 this morning. Finished it over lunch today, and I have that feeling I get when I've gone through something that really moves me. It's the experience of loss, not at the loss of an important character, but of the experience itself, of the act of reading and genuinely feeling concerned about what happens to the characters.
Friday, July 15, 2005
20 Things That Only Happen In Movies - Nostalgia Central
20 Things That Only Happen In Movies - Nostalgia Central
This list is apparently making the rounds. Try to list as many movies as you can remember where these things happen.
This list is apparently making the rounds. Try to list as many movies as you can remember where these things happen.
Wednesday, July 13, 2005
The Anonymity Trap - Norm Pearlstine didn't go far enough. By Jacob Weisberg
The Anonymity Trap - Norm Pearlstine didn't go far enough. By Jacob Weisberg
The best argument against Judith Miller's protectors I've seen.
The best argument against Judith Miller's protectors I've seen.
Friday, July 08, 2005
Wednesday, July 06, 2005
Daily Kos: They are more like our enemy, Part II
Daily Kos: They are more like our enemy, Part II:
As indicated, this is part of a series challenging the notion that, since liberals oppose the war in Iraq, we must be friends of Al Qaida. Nothing could be further from the truth, and as this list and the previous one indicate, the right wing in the U.S. has more in common with Al Qaida than the left does.
"The reasons we hate the American Taliban are the same reasons we hate fundamentalists of all stripes -- they seek to impose their own moral code on the rest of society, and do so with the zeal and moral absolutism possible only from those who believe they are doing 'God's work'."
As indicated, this is part of a series challenging the notion that, since liberals oppose the war in Iraq, we must be friends of Al Qaida. Nothing could be further from the truth, and as this list and the previous one indicate, the right wing in the U.S. has more in common with Al Qaida than the left does.
"The reasons we hate the American Taliban are the same reasons we hate fundamentalists of all stripes -- they seek to impose their own moral code on the rest of society, and do so with the zeal and moral absolutism possible only from those who believe they are doing 'God's work'."
Tuesday, July 05, 2005
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