But television is a speed-of-light medium, a present-centered medium. Its grammar, so to say, permits no access to the past. Everything presented in moving pictures is experienced as happening “now,” which is why we must be told in language that a videotape we are seeing was made months before. Moreover, like its forefather, the telegraph, … More Postman on the intellectual vacuum in which a Trump arises
I have been thinking hard about what to do with all my prison material and knowledge and realized, I am not really in a position to increase activism in a truly meaningful way, and/but I should write a series of Atlantic-type (perhaps) articles on what I know. I never feel I know a great deal … More I will write this
I want to say that for 25 years I have been visiting a death row prisoner in Louisiana. This started as an offshoot of some activism — it was never my intention to become sole emotional support for a condemned man — but it has happened. It has been pointed out to me that my … More No es fácil
Quiere y no quiere su color mi pecho, por cuyas bruscas vías voy, lloro con palo, trato de ser feliz, lloro en mi mano, recuerdo, escribo y remacho una lágrima en mi pómulo. Quiere su rojo el mal, el bien su rojo enrojecido por el hacha suspensa, por el trote del ala a pie volando, … More Quiere y no quiere su color
Syllabus revisions, website revisions, e-gradebook grading, grading in general, course planning, and maintenance of gradebooks are now constant. Tuesday write on site is a constant. Two bureaucratic documents are left to be done, and more regular writing on That Article needs to be done. There is now also a bureaucratic question to be asked, and … More The week, the week
This is the artist. This is the work. Here is an excerpt: Axé.
Someone said: I am glad you spoke up; I hope you get support; I wish I were forthright like you. It felt right. I had been feeling nervous about having spoken up and was trying to talk myself into learning never to speak up again. But that sentence: I am glad you spoke up, I … More On speaking up
Although it is a question of time, as well. If I am going to LASA in Lima, then another event in Tampa and another in Washington, and if I am to go to California and Minnesota as well, do I have time to do this in a way that would actually benefit me? I already … More Si j’avais l’argent
An elegant awning. A real neighborhood. Axé.
I have said this before, I know, but it keeps coming true. Every time I try to “make good use of time” the way professors like it — rush, use every pause to get something else done, watch the clock, do things as quickly as possible, keep a strict schedule, and so on — I … More My usual anti-rushing, anti-timing post
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