Texas authorities executed Marvin Wilson, a 54-year-old death row inmate, on Tuesday night after his attorneys failed to convince state and federal courts that he was mentally retarded and ineligible for the death penalty under a 2002 Supreme Court ruling. Wilson was declared dead at 6:27 p.m. local time. He cried out to his gathered … More Marvin Wilson
If 54-year-old Marvin Wilson is put to death on Tuesday, it will not be because Texas denies that he is intellectually disabled, or as the legal literature puts it, “mentally retarded.” This much, the state recognizes. It just does not believe that Wilson is disabled enough not to be executed in Texas—a flagrant violation of … More States of Barbarity
Those small blocks of time are good for many things, including reading. If I am reading a dense or difficult book and I want to truly follow the arguments and remember them — such as to be able to describe them cogently, for example, when the need arises and without notes — I like to … More Those small blocks of time
I think the reason women say they need big blocks of time to get work done in is not that they do not know how to work efficiently. As I keep saying, anyone who got a PhD and a job does know how to work efficiently. Where the front time goes, the first half of … More Those big blocks of time
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We saw El Tule and Bachaco (above) at the Sahara Lounge in Austin, Texas, which I really recommend. Then we went swimming at Barton Springs. Axé.
Our society, by its very economic successes and consequent expansion, has been breeding impersonal forces both outside and within itself that are changing it from a bottom-up elective democracy into a top-down empire. And among these forces are those that produce deep events. Axé.
Peter Dale Scott On the American War Machine from JusticeActionMedia.org on Vimeo. Axé.
I did not know there had been a Mexican literary connection to the Kennedy assassination but look: One reason the Alvarado story could be endorsed vigorously by CIA Station Chief Scott was that it was corroborated in small details by other Phase-One stories, also from intelligence sources, and later similarly retracted.[76] One of these corroborative … More Elena Garro?
Now that I have been paid, I will buy two standard shams of this type, spending $110. A lot of money, you say, but I run a miniature hotel and these shams hold up well for decades — in fact they become more, not less beautiful. I need another top sheet, too, as one of … More Fine Linens
