Category: News

Rewind

19/01/2008

I keep discovering that my experience with Reeducation is legion, and uncovering new evidence of why Reeducation is or was a program designed to lead backward in life. As we know, one of the more obvious anti-teachings of Reeducation was that one should not act to solve problems (this was “controlling”), but should ruminate upon … More Rewind

Fashion Alert

18/01/2008

These are men’s Wrangler relaxed fit straight leg jeans. Mine are black and they look like a designer item on. Seriously. They cost $17. Women should buy men’s jeans, they are cheaper and you can find a cut which will fit. Nobody should buy designer jeans. Buy work jeans, they are better designed and better … More Fashion Alert

Glen Ford

14/01/2008

Read the Freedom Rider. I never could stand Barack Obama or Michael Eric Dyson, anyway. And when I see Ford, who has research and analytical skills, talk to Dyson, who has only sophistry, I feel well justified in preferring journalists to professors. I think people are voting for Obama because they think he can cause … More Glen Ford

Ominous

13/01/2008

“The holy grail, for management, is to scab a UPS strike,” said Charles Richardson, a researcher who has analyzed UPS on behalf of the union. Richardson argues that the technological leap forward at UPS is really about “stealing knowledge” and making smart machinery that can be operated by not-so-smart scabs. Currently, work at UPS is … More Ominous

Lord Kitchener

13/01/2008

“If you’re not white, you’re considered Black.” That explains it. If we are really lucky, we will be in Trinidad for Carnaval. Take it away, Lord Kitch. Everybody’s there, one and all. Axé.

Chiapas Alert

11/01/2008

“Those of us who have made war know how to recognize the paths by which it is prepared and brought near,” Marcos said. “The signs of war on the horizon are clear. War, like fear, also has a smell. And now we are starting to breathe its fetid odor in our lands.” Marcos’s assessment supports … More Chiapas Alert

Fishing

06/01/2008

This is the twelfth day of Christmas and the feast of the Kings. I am buying a fishing license and going fishing. It may do me good. I am plagued with nightmares about the coming semester which wake me each hour, so that I do not sleep. This has been going on for six days. … More Fishing