July 2011 – Page 4 – coldhearted scientist وداد

Paul Street

13/07/2011

Obamaism’s shortcomings are the failures of the Democratic Party’s longstanding corporate-imperial centrism and of the dominant narrow political culture that pits an arch-plutocratic, extremist military party (the faux-“conservative” Republicans) against the “inauthentic opposition” of the conservative, faux progressive, and corporate-neoliberal Democrats and leaves no room for non-corporate parties that accurately reflect majority progressive opinion. The … More Paul Street

Edie Brickell

12/07/2011

One thing that has been nice for me this summer is the weather. I have been unable to travel other summers when it has been dark, humid, and rainy. This year has been less humid and very luminous. I have not taken advantage of the good weather as well as I could have, but I … More Edie Brickell

Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking I

11/07/2011

Out of the cradle endlessly rocking, Out of the mocking-bird’s throat, the musical shuttle, Out of the Ninth-month midnight, Over the sterile sands and the fields beyond, where the child leaving his bed wander’d alone, bareheaded, barefoot, Down from the shower’d halo, Up from the mystic play of shadows twining and twisting as if they … More Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking I

Betty Ford

11/07/2011

From the Minneapolis Star-Tribune, via commenter human: According to Mrs. Ford, her young adult children probably had smoked marijuana — and if she were their age, she’d try it, too. She told “60 Minutes” she wouldn’t be surprised to learn that her youngest, 18-year-old Susan, was in a sexual relationship (an embarrassed Susan issued a … More Betty Ford

Postcards from Houston

10/07/2011

I’d like to go to this. In the meantime I have turned my compost heap, and it had created a great deal of fresh soil. Then I deleted many of the links on this blog. I have so many that I tend not to see any, and the space feels cluttered. I have created a … More Postcards from Houston

Berlin Alexanderplatz

09/07/2011

Am I the only one who has a hard time watching Berlin Alexanderplatz — so interesting, but so scary, rough, and sad — and would rather read the book? Watching the film is very good for my German, but I really want to look away. Key words and resources: Ernest Pawel on Döblin, NYT 1983; … More Berlin Alexanderplatz

Facundo Cabral 1937-2011

09/07/2011

Amo tanto la vida porque me costó tanto gozarla … me costó mucho sentir que era protagonista y no una basura. Axé.

Bebo & Cigala

08/07/2011

Neo-nomadic music. Axé.

Paul Krugman

08/07/2011

I think Obama and the Republicans are trying to destroy the country. I think the plan is to get as much US capital into the top 1% of bank accounts, and invest it elsewhere. From yesterday’s New York Times: On Thursday, President Obama met with Republicans to discuss a debt deal. We don’t know exactly … More Paul Krugman

Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Mihai Grünfeld

06/07/2011

My prose fiction narrative having been rejected from where I had sent it, and it being based on the idea of stories which are told or, importantly, not told, I decided it might need revision. It is under the influence of these so-called neo-baroque Latin American writers I read, and it may be entirely too … More Reading for Pleasure Wednesday: Mihai Grünfeld

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Writing in Memory of Paulo Freire

Month: July 2011