My featured post of the past for today is actually from March 13, 2006. Of interest in the post are the comments on authorship, anonymity, and voice. I feature it as part of my attempt to move all of my original blog to a more solid archive, and also in lieu of writing a new … More Ides of March
This is the first part of a series of excerpts from a PBS documentary, whose later segments will cover Hurricane Katrina. Faubourg Treme was, as we know, a barrio of free people of color. This video talks about how slavery in New Orleans (as in Latin America) was different from slavery in the English speaking … More Faubourg Treme
I want to rescind my voter registration so as to escape jury duty. I do not like it because the jurors are also treated like prisoners – summoned, searched, questioned, and sequestered. In the past year I have begged off once, been dismissed once, and forgotten once. Now I have been subpoenaed for it. This … More Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron de La Brède et de Montesquieu
On February 21, 2006 I published my third blog post, the first one that had any confidence or verve, and I had not yet mentioned Carnival. This year Undine has pointed out that she, and perhaps others, are waiting for my 2009 Carnival posts. I am flattered, but mostly I feel Carnival is unrepresentable unless … More Carnival Post
Advertise on Professor Zero! This blog already has some discreet advertising and I want more of it, ideally for items and entities I approve of and covet myself. These include but are not necessarily limited to Cuisinart Chef’s Classic Cookware, Dansko Clogs, Old Gringo Mules, Dr. Scholl’s Original Exercise Sandals, linens made of a cotton … More La Modification
Ding-dong, the wicked warlock is dead (well, at least gone), suggests Patricia J. Williams – whose piece I recommend. Here are some of the things we have to roll back post Bush: Pax Americana and the aspiration to consolidate a global American empire. The Bush Doctrine of pre-emptive warfare. Hurricane Katrina and “heckuva job, Brownie.” … More Accomplishments of George W. Bush
I may like the changed times for many reasons, and I may even like the recession for its wake up call qualities, but the university is being asked to imagine how it would handle a 28% budget cut in fiscal 2009. I myself have a 28% budget cut this very semester due to my sabbatical, … More On Budget Cuts and Usury
See Tom’s Fiddle and Bow, which also has classes with Mitch Reed and Al Berard for $15 every Monday from 6 to 8. Axé.
See the latest strategies of discrimination. Street cleaners may not enter supermarkets to buy lunch, and a department store will not sell in cash but only to their (upscale) credit card holders. I like Chuto’s ironic tone. The piece starts, “Lamentamos interrumpir su verano de sol-arena-y-mar, pero es nuestro deber informar y prevenir. Llegan a … More Choledad Privada on Peru
January 19, 2009, at Radio Open Source. Axé.
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