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SIDI BOU SAÏD It is quite possible that the model threw her head back over the backrest and made god take notice of her hair tumbling behind with magenta flowers spiked at unequal distances within it, and the only thing left then was to add heat and humidity to the centre, and palm trees in … More Rethabile Masilo

Marvin Wilson

07/08/2012

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

States of Barbarity

07/08/2012

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

07/08/2012

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

Those big blocks of time

06/08/2012

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

Feliz viaje, Chavela

05/08/2012

Axé.

Sahara Lounge

05/08/2012

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.

Deep Events

03/08/2012

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.