My Portuguese class is advanced grammar and conversation with Brazilian cultural content. Today we streamed Occupy São Paulo on the Internet to listen to Portuguese and see how much everybody could understand without subtitles or a written script. Then we discussed Occupy in general; here is what the students said, along with some demographic information … More Occupying Portuguese
…at this late hour. My good humor is starting to fail after almost a whole semester of truly having no time outside work. In addition to everything else planned and unplanned this semester, I have now been instrumental in the creation of 1 new major program, 2 new graduate certificates, and 1 new study abroad … More Still working…
It cannot be overstated that the youth raised on video games were also raised on fear and the specter of terror from all directions. Their political identity may still be as curious as the juxtapositions in their People’s Libraries—Plato’s Republic beside Judy Blume, a box or two away from Marx and Augustine—or as hard to … More “The Body Acoustic”
Three thousand troops backed by helicopters and armored vehicles occupied Rio de Janeiro’s largest slum without firing a shot on Sunday, the biggest step in the Brazilian city’s bid to improve security and end the reign of drug gangs. The occupation of Rocinha, a notorious hillside “favela” that overlooks some of Rio’s swankiest areas, is … More Rocinha, occupied in pre-Olympic effort.
Mexico City is occupied. Here is a related comment by John Ackerman: Por mucho que públicamente reconozcan la importancia de la participación ciudadana, lo que realmente les conviene a los partidos es que la votación se circunscriba al voto corporativo. Asimismo, durante los procesos electorales los movimientos sociales son vistos como francas amenazas para las … More Occupy
Louisiana readers, how do you feel about this? Axé.
Axé.
So he promises them things he can’t promise like a book deal for “Major League Addiction.” He says it’s got good dirt. Something about a cabal of child molesters in clubhouse whose names he doesn’t remember and a full accounting of the steroid users he saw working in Fitzpatrick’s clubhouse and how Major League Baseball … More Well – down with all major league sports, then.
…Well so that is our country. The night side of our country. If there is a day side to it, high sierras, prairies of bright grass, we only know pioneers’ tales about it, we haven’t got there yet. We’re never going to get there by imitating Machoman. We are only going to get there by … More Left Hand
Here is something else I dislike about standard academic advice: it is all about limiting, cutting, squeezing, evading, fitting in. It is claustrophobic and everything is such a tight fit. What about expanding, using your powers, doing as you see fit, enjoying what you do? This version of how to say no, from the Tenured … More Limit and cut
